Discourses on Livy coverCHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 33

BOOK III

CHAPTER XXXIII

CHAPTER 33Visible text2 paragraphs
That to insure victory in battle you must inspire your men with confidence in one another and in you.
To insure an army being victorious in battle you must inspire it with the conviction that it is certain to prevail. The causes which give it this confidence are its being well armed and disciplined, and the soldiers knowing one another. These conditions are only to be found united in soldiers born and bred in the same country.