Quotes About Strategy

Hank was initially noncommittal. He knew that he and his team would have to lead the effort to develop a legislative proposal and sell it to Congress.

we chose to hold off.

Each time, the move had proved premature and the bank was forced to reverse itself.

Or was it better to maintain ambiguity, as we did, which suggested we still had the capacity to carry out future interventions? I don't know.

WE HAD A PLAN; the next step was to sell it.

What changed Dimon's mind about acquiring Bear?

At Greenspan's urging, we decided to wait before considering further action.

Inflation targeting, I argued, could help fill the information vacuum.

at the request of Jean-Claude Trichet, I called a videoconference of the FOMC to discuss renewing

I wanted to avoid the perception of a "Bernanke put" if at all possible.

Aunts, I have learned, never admit defeat. In the face of overwhelming forces, or incontestable facts, they simply change tack. Had Napoleon been an aunt, he would never have done anything so vulgar as to 'retreat' from Moscow. Rather, he would have framed his return to Paris casually as a question of clothing and etiquette, noting it was unseasonably cold for October and declaring that–like fish and family–armies of invasion go off after three days.

That's the way it will go because that's how the left wins: through intimidation and cruelty. You

Rule #2: Hit First. Don't take the punch first. Hit first. Hit hard. Hit where it counts. Mike

But it's because conservatives don't think about how to win that they constantly lose.

The left knows this is war. And

Let The Other Side Have Meaningless Victories. This is a parlor trick you can use to great effect with your leftist friends. Leftists prize faux moderation above all else; by granting them a point or two, you can convince them that you aren't a radical right-winger at all.

you wish to suggest that systemic change is necessary in order to achieve an end goal, the most useful strategy is to blame the system. And if you can't blame today's system, simply label it an outgrowth of yesterday's.

typical of a Democratic constituency: the system only works if we win.

And chances are that if you wanted to do well in that final, citing Ayn Rand probably wasn't the best strategy.

Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.

bien puede decirse que la estrategia, y la fuerza y la táctica, que son cosas humanas, no pueden ni podrán nunca nada contra el entusiasmo, que es divino.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

There is no gambling like politics.

La guerre est antérieure au commerce ; car la guerre et le commerce ne sont que deux moyens différents d'atteindre le même but : celui de posséder ce que l'on désire.