Quotes About Strategy

Malign? I praise him. Death and deceit are our only hopes now. I just do not fool myself about Thufir's methods.

They'd never known anything but victory which, Paul realized, could be a weakness in itself. He put that thought aside for later consideration in his own training program.

short-term expediency always fails in the long term.

They've lost the initiative, which means they've lost the war." Gurney

Our supremacy on Caladan," the Duke said, "depended on sea and air power. Here, we must develop something I choose to call desert power.

When oracles failed, one turned to real spies and physical powers.

Often I must speak otherwise than I think," he said. "This is called diplomacy.

Our supremacy on Caladan," the Duke said, "depended on sea and air power. Here, we must develop something I choose to call desert power. This

Only the puppet masters were important. How the puppets moved—that told you what the puppet masters were doing.

Piter de Vried

Choose containable violence when violence cannot be avoided. Better this than epidemic violence. — Lessons of Choice, The BuSab Manual

There's no substitute for time in solving many problems,' Leto said. 'However, you can place too much reliance on it. I can accept no more delays.

What . . . does he plan?" "The Golden Path. He'll explain it to you later.

Observe the plans within plans within plans

It is far better to win a battle through skilled leadership and wise decisions than violence and bloodshed. It may not seem as glorious to the uninitiated, but in the end it results in fewer wounds--of any kind.

plan depends as much upon execution as it does upon concept.

famed intelligence had become a kind of shrewdness, relying mostly on past observations and past decisions rather than on what she saw in the immediate present.

We cannot have such inept chess players in our employ.

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

logic is good for playing pyramid chess but often too slow for needs of survival.

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.

So you know how to make a democracy do whatever you want." A gloating expression. "The technique is quite subtle but easy. You create a system where most people are dissatisfied, vaguely or deeply.

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.