The question how many troops we ought to maintain in peacetime to ensure the safety of the state seems to me quite beside the point, since the more we have the better. (查看原文)
A reform in which we find ourselves, it seems to me, would be our ruin... We should recall the example, still quite recent but very striking, of the emperor Charles VI who, one year after dismissing a good part of his army, was attacked from all sides and lost, through his own fault and that of his bad councillors, the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily. The emperor Charles VI was infinitely more powerful than Your Majesty. He had, in addition to what we now possess, Naples, Sicily and the whole of Silesia; his territories were not exhausted, since they had enjoyed a very long peace; he had generals of great reputation and vast experience; his enemies were not very numerous. He hardly needed to fear anyone save the Turks and the French ... even the king of Prussia was then regarded only as a mi... (查看原文)
还没人写过短评呢
还没人写过短评呢