Quotes About Warfare

The tank, the submarine, the torpedo, the machine-gun, even the rifle and the hand grenade are still in use.

They were dealt with as in war, and they naturally employed the means that were used against them.

My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.

Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.

One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.

You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.

It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country, " he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.

There is no moral difference between a Stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. They both kill innocent people for political reasons.

Their Silver war is being paid for in Red blood.

In the art of war, if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the approaching battles. But if you know only yourself and not the enemy, for every victory, there will also be defeat.

Is killing a known terrorist wrong? I ask this, did the terrorist allow any of his victims quarter? No, then allow him no quarter, and hoist the black flag.

When we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away...

...much of modern military tactics is geared toward maneuvering the enemy into a position where they can essentially be massacred from safety. (pg. 140)

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood

Sooner or later every war of trade becomes a war of blood.

You shall not hear their mirth:You shall not come to think them well contentBy any jest of mine. These men are worthYour tears:You are not worth their merriment.

The Battle of Normandy was won on the beaches of Dieppe

The wars of people will be more terrible than those of kings.

Engage the enemy more closely.

In no other type of warfare does the advantage lie so heavily with the aggressor.