Quotes About Strategy

Changing your beliefs with every change of monarch was called 'policy', and people who did it were 'politicians'.

International politics is like a glass. Aggressive moves by either side pour water in. The overflow is war.

British soldiers were "lions led by donkeys.

Bogge made bad decisions because he was playing some other game, making himself look good or trying to be superior or something

who ruled the great region of Mercia after her husband died. She fortified towns and won battles.

You know you're winning in politics, when your opponents steal your ideas.

The Americans encircle us. They have troops in Japan, South Korea, Guam, Singapore, and Australia. As well as that, the Philippines and Vietnam are friends of the US. The Americans did the same thing to the Soviet Union—they called it 'containment.' And in the end the Russian Revolution was strangled. We have to avoid the fate of the Soviets, but we won't do it at the UN. Sooner or later we will have to smash the ring.

mind back to his dilemma. What do we do in politics

Wilson cree que un presidente debe hacer frente a la opinión pública como un velero al viento: debe aprovecharse de ella, pero nunca directamente en contra de ella

Es mejor contar con un ejército pequeño y disciplinado que tener una turba ingente que retroceda o se rinda a las primeras de cambio.

Se trata de pragmatismo político, nada más.

But before the guild convened, Caris and Merthin met individually with the leading members, to win their support in advance, a technique Merthin had developed long ago. His motto was: Never call a meeting until the result is a foregone conclusion.

S?-?i schimbi credin?a la fiecare schimbare a monarhului se numea "politic?", iar oamenii care f?ceau a?a ceva se numeau "politicieni".

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Soldiers want to win wars, not avoid them." The

Starting off on the right foot involves doing one thing really well: evaluating your market and submarket.

States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.

I know Daniel Murphy is a really good hitter. He's definitely pulling the ball right now for power, although he did go left-central the other night against the Dodgers, I believe.

We've made three World T20 finals and won one - that's not by power-hitting. We've beaten the power-hitting sides quite easily and convincingly in all of those tournaments.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

We need to use overwhelming air power. We need to be arming the Kurds. We need to be fighting and killing ISIS where they are.

The defensive power of a pinned piece is only imaginary

If you let your emotions get high, your bargaining power will be low. Make sure you don't negotiate from a position of need when making a deal.