Quotes About Strategy

The universal methodology of the tyrant is always incrementalism.

Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.

In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.

And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

Politics is the art of anesthesia.

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

Politics is more difficult than physics.

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard to prevailing winds.

Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score

All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a point.

My politics were those of prophylaxis, my opponents preferred those of palliation.

In politics there's never a magic wand.

You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.

I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.

In politics, nothing is contemptible.

In chess the rules are fixed and the outcome is unpredictable, whereas in Putin's Russia the rules are unpredictable and the outcome is fixed.

Politics needs a flexible mind, for it has no immutable or eternal rules. In politics immutable or eternal rules lead to inevitable and swift defeat.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.