Quotes About Strategy

Mijn jongen, je weet net zo goed als ik dat er in de politiek geen mensen bestaan, maar principes. Geen gevoelens, maar belangen. In de politiek ruim je geen mens op, je ruimt een hinderpaal uit de weg, punt.

Treville understood admirably the war method of that period, in which he who could not live at the expense of the enemy must live at the expense of his compatriots.

Oui, et je comprends ; pour retrouver une femme, vous faites la cour à une autre : c'est le chemin le plus long, mais le plus amusant.

The two chief weapons which parties use in order to ensure success are the public press and the formation of associations.

The two chief weapons which parties use in order to obtain success are the newspapers and public associations.

There are fighting generals (vital to an army), political generals (vital to an administration), and public relations generals (vital to a war).

To hold power has always meant to manipulate idiots and circumstances; and those circumstances and those idiots, tossed together, bring about those coincidences to which even the greatest men confess they owe most of their fame

Watching my father plan and strategize for the resistance has taught me about trust." She leaned forward. "Personal trust is very different from political trust, my lady. The first thrives on faith. The second requires proof, whether it be upfront or covert." Awkwardly, she patted my hand. "His Majesty has always been a powerful man. Perhaps he has never had to distinguish between the two.

Never underestimate the power of calculated bullying and veiled threats! It's my conviction that, when it comes to politics, a tender conscience can be an inconvenience.

Self-interest usually governed political loyalties.

On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart. (From Jose Rizal's letter to his nephew Alfredo or Freding)

DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

BATTLE, n. A method of untying with the teeth of a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing.

PLAN, v.t. To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.

I knew when not to speak, when not to let myself be heard. Silence was my friend, my twin, the other half of me. Silence was my weapon. Not a blustering gun, but an invisible spider's web.

The gods hate those who plan badly, and help those with good friends, good swords, and good sense. Worry less about what the gods might do and more about what you can, that's my advice.

Let Father Peace spill tears over the methods. Mother War smiles upon results.

More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.

Monza raised her brows. A strange group she'd gathered, surely, but when you have a half-mad plan you need men at least half-mad to see it through. Sane ones might be tempted to look for a better idea.

On the battlefield there are no rules.

Just keep in mind what Rudd Threetrees once told me. Let's us get them killed, and not the other way round.' Wonderful grinned. 'Best damn advice about war I ever heard.

A battle is no place for a self-respecting warrior, but if you must attend one at least have the good taste to be where the fighting isn't.

Some men are made for doing violence. Some are meant for planning it. Then there are a special few whose talent is for taking the credit.