Quotes About Warfare

En mi experiencia, estas guerras en pises del tercer mundo no se ganan con balas sino con enfermedades, y no hablo de armas biológicas sino de desidia, de brutalidad, de olvido y de marginalidad

These trenches are like Pompeii, sir.

I don't like it, papa, she said. But then I dare say soldiers - even brave ones - don't really like going into battle.

as the plans of march made by great generals in

Nevertheless, as we follow the invisible warfare swirling around the life of one wounded, searching sinner, the core message rings clear: No amount of lies, no matter how cleverly couched, will ever outstrip or outlast God's truth, nor will any lie ever outreach His grace. The Lord knows those who are His, His sheep hear His voice, and the arm of

Each man is a little war.

I am a leg of the death tripod that will destroy our foes.

Warfare leaves a residue of 'eat drink and be merry' that often leads inexorably to moral breakdown.

Gurney says there's no artistry in killing with the tip, that it should be done with the edge.

Gurney's a romantic," the Duke growled. This talk of killing suddenly disturbed him, coming from his son. "I'd sooner you never had to kill…but if the need arises, you do it however you can—tip or edge." He looked up at the skylight, on which the rain was drumming.

They displayed a sophistication in warfare as good as anything he had ever encountered, and he had been trained by the best fighters in the universe then seasoned in battles where only the superior few survived.

Cada hombre es una pequeña guerra.

Battle of Corrin.

The trouble with some kinds of warfare (and be certain the Tyrant knew this, because it is implicit in his lesson) is that they destroy all moral decency in susceptible types. Warfare of these kinds will dump the destroyed survivors back into an innocent population that is incapable of even imagining what such returned soldiers might do.

he had been trained by the best fighters in the universe then seasoned in battles where only the superior few survived.

The trouble with some kinds of warfare (and be certain the Tyrant knew this, because it is implicit in his lesson) is that they destroy all moral decency in susceptible types. Warfare of these kinds will dump the destroyed survivors back into an innocent population that is incapable of even imagining what such returned soldiers might do. -Teachings of the Golden Path, Bene Gesserit Archives

A forty-meter section of the hutment had been blasted away there and the selamlik's doors opened now onto drifting sand. A dust cloud hung low over the outside world blowing from pastel distances. Static lightning crackled from the cloud and the spark flashes of shields being shorted out by the storm's charge could be seen through the haze. The plain surged with figures in combat—Sardaukar and leaping gyrating robed men who seemed to come down out of the storm.

Loyalty in a male army fastens onto the army itself rather than onto the civilization which fosters the army.

A certain amount of killing has always been an arm of business

The whole theory of warfare is calculated risk," the Duke said, "but when it comes to risking your own family, the element of calculation gets submerged in…other things.

The whole theory of warfare is calculated risk

Hydarnes: When we attack today, our arrows will blot out the sun! Leonidas: Good; then we will fight in the shade.

Xerxes: It isn't wise to stand against me, Leonidas. Imagine what horrible fate awaits my enemies when I would gladly kill any of my own men for victory. King Leonidas: And I would die for any one of mine.

Y aunque sus trescientos valientes morirán... sólo siente que tenga tan pocos hombres que sacrificar.