Quotes · Skopia

14 quotes

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Topic·Military strategy✕clear

I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

1831

★ 1.0

Military force—especially when wielded by an outside power—just cannot bring order in a country that cannot govern itself.

Robert McNamara

1995

★ 1.0

Autobiography and memoir

A good plan violenty executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.

General George S. Patton

1947

★ 1.9

We are not only fighting hostile armies, but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.

William Tecumseh Sherman

1864

★ 1.9

Film · Drama (film) · Drama

All warfare is based on deception. Sun Tzu. If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight, and if not, split and reevaluate.

Wall Street · 1987

★ 2.0

Film · War (film) · Epic (film) · War · Epic

To be a good soldier you must love the army. To be a good commander you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.

General Robert E. Lee

Gettysburg · 1993

★ 2.0

Film · Biography (film) · Biography

When your enemies make mistakes, don't interrupt 'em.

Moneyball · 2011

★ 2.2

Speech · Political speech

Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow"...[Rule 2] is: "Do not go fighting with your land armies in China."

Bernard Montgomery

1962

★ 3.5

The history of failure in war can almost be summed up in two words: too late.

Douglas MacArthur

1940

★ 3.5

Film · Black comedy (film) · War (film) · Black comedy · War

Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy…the fear to attack!

Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove · 1964

★ 3.7

Treatise · Military treatise

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

The Art of War · 500 BC

★ 4.0

Treatise · Military treatise

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

The Art of War · 490 BC

★ 5.7

Speech · Political speech

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

Douglas MacArthur

1952

★ 6.1

Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

1805

★ 7.3