Quotes About Tactics

El amor, Ariane, es la única batalla que se gana retrocediendo. –¿Quién es el cretino que dijo eso? ¿Tú? –Bonaparte, que no era moco de pavo en cuestión de estrategia.

Contemporary warfare, then, is best practiced by the professional serial killer.

This was the "raid which went horribly right"...

By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes.

Politics consists more in profiting from favorable circumstances than preparing them in advance.

Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.

We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail.

Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

When survival was in question, you fought hard and you seized every advantage, because your enemy was sure to do the same.

Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.

How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can.

Plan every battle as if you will inevitably retreat, but fight every battle like there is no backing down.

People who underestimated you were easier to manipulate.

If people can't tell when I'm being an idiot and when I'm being a genius, perhaps they'll assume my blunders are brilliant political maneuvers.

Only a fool thinks that weapons are more important than strategy and motion.

In a three-way negotiation, the weakest party actually has the most power - because his allegiance added to either of the other two will choose the eventual winner.

You can beat anybody, Wayne always said, so long as you don't let them fight back properly.

More wars are lost to lack of information than are lost to lack of courage.

Breeze shrugged. "Manipulation works so well on a personal level, i don't see why it wouldn't be an equally viable national policy.

Noal nodded to one of the corridors 'These corridors are narrow. Good choke points. A man could stand there and only have to fight one or two at a time. He'd last maybe a few minutes. ... 'Thom, you're in no shape to fight. Mat, you're the one who's luck can find a way out. Neither of you can stay, but I can.

Don't make too many waves until you're ready to strike. Don't appear too innocent, but don't appear too smart either. Be average.