Quotes About Combat

The gods gave us horses so we wouldn't have to fight on foot.

Swing those lightsabers, boys.

Spit and blood!

False modesty is as bad as false pride. Know exactly what you are capable of at any moment, and act accordingly. Any other path is folly—and could be deadly in battle.

All the air power in the world was of little use when what they were really fighting was an ideology, not a conventional army. Our

Había que sobrevivir. Ése era nuestro primer deber. Nuestro primer combate. Rebelarse significaba, en primer lugar, vivir. O más bien: seguir vivo.

el combate es infinito contra el otro oculto en uno mismo.

They both looked younger than him, as well as taller, better built and undoubtedly more schooled in the noble art of punching fuck out of people. Nonetheless, younger doesn't necessarily mean faster or fitter, and Parlabane was highly schooled in the arguably less noble art of running away.

There were things violence could solve—you couldn't be a soldier and not believe that—but this wasn't one of them.

African mercenaries (the regulares)

Two armies fighting each other are like one big army that commits suicide.

Due eserciti che si combattono, sono come un sol grande esercito che si suicida.

His mind resembled the vast amphitheatre, the Coliseum of Rome. In the centre stood his judgement, which like a mighty gladiator, combated those apprehensions that, like the wild beasts of the arena, were all around in cells, ready to be let out upon him.

A conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla army wins if it does not lose.

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

may not lead to reduction in U.S. casualties until its final stages, as our casualty rate may be unrelated to the total number of American troops in South Vietnam. To kill about 150 U.S. soldiers a week, the enemy needs to attack only a small portion of our forces….

And the various holds and rolls and throws and breakfallsSomehow or other I always seemed to putIn the wrong place. And as for war, my warsWere global from the start.

Without a defined enemy, some people wouldn't know how to get through the day. When there's no enemy, they make one. An enemy does not occur naturally. Animals may have conflict but it is survival motivated. It is Homo sapiens who seek out others and hit them until they hit back. It is as old as the first line drawn in the sand. Isn't it easier to fight than think?

It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement

War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war. Our attitude towards the fearful necessity of war ought to be stern. It boils down to this: we should have done with humbug, and let war be war and not a game. Otherwise, war is a favourite pastime of the idle and frivolous...

a whole series of arguments and texts showing that war—that is, the wounding and

They were dealt with as in war, and they naturally employed the means that were used against them.

he saw the fire only as a glow, but forgot on that fire which he should have opened on the enemy.

You must train harder than the enemy who is trying to kill you. You will get all the rest you need in the grave.