>>51610321>Why would we want to start a war? We're winning without one.Good. Keep doing that.
'And therefore a prince who does not understand the art of war, over and above the other misfortunes already mentioned, cannot be respected by his soldiers, nor can he rely on them. He ought never, therefore, to have out of his thoughts this subject of war, and in peace he should addict himself more to its exercise than in war'.
- De Principatibus