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Quotes About Strategy

Closely allied to the assumption that Democrats can't win because they're too secular is the view that they can't win if they're too liberal. This assumption has steered Hillary Clinton toward the center, following her husband. I tend to share this view myself.
~ Jacob Weisberg
In 2016, Hillary Clinton had so much more money than the Trump campaign, yet, we see who won that election.
~ Lara Trump
If other members of the Hindi film fraternity are doing aggressive promotional campaigns, then I can do the same.
~ Bobby Deol
when the games going against you, stay calm - and cheat.
~ George MacDonald Fraser
Now, in my experience there is only one way to fight a ship, and that is to get below on the side opposite to the enemy and find a snug spot behind a stout bulkhead.
~ George MacDonald Fraser
when the games going against you, stay calm - and cheat. - Flashman At The Charge
~ George McDonald Fraser
The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
~ George Orwell
the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.
~ George Orwell
Like the crocodile, he strikes always at the weakest spot.
~ George Orwell
If [pacifists] imagine that one can somehow overcome the German army by lying on one's back, let them go on imagining it, but let them also wonder occasionally whether this is not an illusion due to security, too much money and a simple ignorance of the way in which things actually happen.
~ George Orwell
The plan is, by a combination of fighting, bargaining and well-timed strokes of treachery, to acquire a ring of bases completely encircling one or other of the rival states, and then to sign a pact of friendship with that rival and remain on peaceful terms for so many years as to lull suspicion to sleep. During this time rockets loaded with atomic bombs can be assembled at all the strategic spots;
~ George Orwell
Heureusement l'ennemi était on ne peut moins entreprenant. Il y eut des nuits où notre position eût pu être prise d'assaut par vingt boy-scouts armés de carabines à air comprimé, ou tout aussi bien par vingt girl-guides armées de raquettes.
~ George Orwell
A revolutionary army can sometimes win by enthusiasm, but a conscript army has got to win with weapons
~ George Orwell
El objeto de la guerra es siempre estar en mejor situación para librar otra guerra.
~ George Orwell
YaÅŸamlar?n? dünyay? fethetmeye adam??lard?r, ama ayn? zamanda bilirler ki, sava??n sonsuza dek ve zafere ulaÅŸmadan sürüp gitmesi gerekmektedir.
~ George Orwell
because the chances of profit are always in his favor.
~ George S. Clason
I am unable to name a single one who started his success from such a source (gambling at the casino).
~ George S. Clason
If thou use it wisely, it will be the basis of thy future success.
~ George S. Clason
This shrewd deceit taught me my first lesson in looking out for myself.
~ George S. Clason
George S. Clason
~ procrastination
How becamest thou so wealthy?" "By taking advantage of opportunities available to all citizens of our good city.
~ George S. Clason
So say you are charged with, you and some of your colleagues, lifting a heavy dead whale carcass onto a flatbed.
~ George Saunders
Or say we have two rival dictators in a death grudge. Assuming ED289/290 develops nicely in pill form, allow me to slip each dictator a mickey. Soon their tongues are down each other's throats and doves of peace are pooping on their epaulets.
~ George Saunders
and don't take no shit from nobody, unless taking shit from them is part of your master plan to get the best of them by tricking them into being your friend.
~ George Saunders