"There used to be rules for the way the game was played. Now it is the same game, but there are no longer any rules."
"-Russian Central Television Correspondent"
"The enemy is there, and I am going to attack him there."
"-General Robert E. Lee"
"Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less."
"-General Robert E. Lee"
"War is the continuation of politics by other means."
"-Carl Von Clausewitz"
"Among civilized nations combat uninfluenced by its surroundings and the nature of the ground is hardly conceivable."
"-Carl Von Clausewitz"
"No wonder then, that war, though it may appear to be uncomplicated, cannot be waged with distinction except by men of outstanding intellect."
"-Carl Von Clausewitz"
"Even for the defender a battle is the only effective means of sooner or later coming to grips with his situation and solving his problem."
"-Carl Von Clausewitz"
"Successful tactical reconnaissance always proceeds, and is concurrent with, successful operations. This has been true throughout the entire history of warfare."
"-General Fred Franks"
"Mobility, velocity, indirect approach."
"-Colonel General Hans Guderian"
"It is vain to look for a defense against lightning."
"-Publius Syrus"
"To create great Armies is one thing; to lead and to handle them is another."
"-Sir Winston Churchill"
"And is there anything more important than that the work of the soldier should be done well?"
"-Plato"
"All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened. The courageous man is the man who forces himself, in spite of his fear, to carry on. Discipline, pride, self-respect, self confidence, and love of glory are attributes which make a man courageous even when he is afraid."
"-General George S. Patton, Jr."
"Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and the man who leads that gains victory."
"-General George S. Patton, Jr."
"Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it."
"-General Omar Bradley"
"War is hell."
"-General William Tecumseh Sherman"
"At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity."
"-General Napoleon Bonaparte"
"Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders."
"-General of the Armies, Dwight D. Eisenhower"
"Nothing but a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won."
"-Duke of Wellington"
"I approve of all methods of attacking provided they are directed at the point where the enemy's army is weakest and where the terrain favors them the least."
"-Frederick the Great"
"The Art of War is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can, and keep moving on."
"-General of the Army, Ulysses S. Grant"
"Turning the armed forces of the former Soviet Union into a professional military institution under democratic civilian control remains one of the greatest challenges facing the world today."
"-General John M. Shalikashvili"
"Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily be performed in water, so in war it is difficult for normal efforts to achieve even moderate results."
"-Major General Carl von Clausewitz"
"It is not so much the mode of formation as the proper combined use of the different arms which will insure victory."
"-Lieutenant General Antoine-Henri, Baron de Jomini"
"The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can, and keep moving on."
"-General of the Army, Ulysses S. Grant"
//"The military student does not seek to learn from history the minutiae of method and technique. In every age these are decisively influenced by the characteristics of weapons currently available and by means at hand for maneuvering, supplying, and controlling combat forces. But research does bring to light those fundamental principles and their combinations and applications, which in the past, have been productive of success. These principles have no limitation of time. Consequently the army extends its analytical interest to the dust buried accounts of wars long past as well as to those still reeking with the scent of battle."
//"-General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur"
"The vulnerability of the enemy is his supply position."
"-General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur"
"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."
"-General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur"
"Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter."
"Sir Winston Churchill"
"The rule is: The ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to opponents is called genius."
"-Liu Ji"
"Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots."
"-Sun Tzu"
"The best plans of the best generals can turn to zip if you don't have the right kinds of people to execute."
"-General Colin Powell"
"All warfare is based on deception."
"-Sun Tzu"
"War is the realm of the unexpected."
"-Captain Sir Basil Liddell Hart"
"When a state intervenes with only a small contingent, in obedience to treaty- stipulations, it is simply an accessory, and has but little voice in the main operations; but when it intervenes as a principal party, and with an imposing force, the case is quite different."
"-Lieutenant General Antoine-Henri, Baron de Jomini"
"The merit of an action lies in finishing it to the end."
"-Genghis Khan"
"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."
"-General George S. Patton"
"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."
"-General George S. Patton"
"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."
"-General of the Armies, Dwight D. Eisenhower"
"In war there is no prize for the runner-up."
"-General of the Army, Omar N. Bradley"
"When the situation is obscure, attack."
"-Colonel General Heinz Guderian"
"I was too weak to defend, so I attacked."
"-General Robert E. Lee"
"It is with artillery that war is made."
"-General Napoleon Bonaparte"
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight--it's the size of the fight in the dog."
"-General of the Armies, Dwight D. Eisenhower"
"When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make him move. Appear at places at which he must hasten; move swiftly where he does not expect you."
"-Sun Tzu"
"Success comes most readily to the commander whose ideas have not been canalized into any one fixed channel, but can develop freely from the conditions around him."
"-Field Marshall Erwin Rommel"
"Both advantage and danger are inherent in maneuver."
"-Sun Tzu"
"The real leader displays his quality in his triumphs over adversity, however great it may be."
"-General of the Army, George C. Marshall"
"We must not replace crushing strikes against the enemy with pinpricks... It is necessary to prepare an operation which will be like an earthquake."
"-Marshall of the Soviet Union Georgi K. Zhukov"
"Power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
"-Mao Tse-tung"
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week."
"-General George S. Patton"
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."
"-Sun Tzu"
"However competent an officer may be, and however thorough his earlier training, he is always a risky investment until he pays off in combat."
"-General of the Army, Omar Bradley"
"Victory in war is the main object in war. If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed..."
"-Sun Tzu"
"We are for the abolition of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war, and to get rid of the gun, we must first grasp it in our hands."
"-Mao Tse-tung"
"A study of the map will indicate where critical situations exist or are apt to develop, and so indicate where the commander should be."
"General George S. Patton"
"The plan was smooth on paper, only they forgot about the ravines."
"-Russian military proverb"
"The great secret of battle is to have a reserve. I always had."
"-The Duke of Wellington"
"An attack may lack ingenuity, but it must be delivered with supernatural speed."
"-Tu Yu"
"Our strategy to go after this army is very, very simple. First we're going to cut it off, and then we're going to kill it."
"-General Colin Powell"
"One who has few must prepare against the enemy; one who has many makes the enemy prepare against him."
