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> [ \[Every\] hour of delay abates the fame and force of the invader, and multiplies the resources of defensive war. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/every-hour-of-delay-abates-the-fame-and-force-of-the-invader-and/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [A defensive war is apt to betray us into too frequent detachment. Those generals who have had but little experience attempt to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-ii-holy-roman-emperor/a-defensive-war-is-apt-to-betray-us-into-too-frequent-detachment/)

[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-ii-holy-roman-emperor/)

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> [By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nguyen-cao-ky/by-fighting-a-limited-defensive-war-america-permitted-the-enemy-to/)

[Nguyen Cao Ky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nguyen-cao-ky/)

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> [An aggressive war is the great crime against everything good in the world. A defensive war, which must necessarily turn to aggressive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/an-aggressive-war-is-the-great-crime-against-everything-good-in-the/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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