"Force is never more operative than when it……" — Alfred Thayer Mahan
"Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished."
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
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9 Quotes by Alfred Thayer Mahan
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Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their…
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Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.
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The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the…
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The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.
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Having therefore no foreign establishments, either colonial or military, the ships of war of the United States, in war, will…
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War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may…
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Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the…
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Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet.
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More Brandished Quotes
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A person who searched rooms, brandished pistols, dangled promises of half a million franc fees for nameless services and then…
— Eric Ambler
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This was something you had to work through on you own," Jason said. "Besides, I knew you'd do the right…
— Meg Cabot
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Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these," said the Ministry wizard, and he brandished the pinstriped…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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You put on such a brave front. But I know if I took another step toward you, you'd wet your…
— Maria V. Snyder
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He was rewarded with a silver-and-red can of soda. He brandished it at the dolphin warriors as if spraying them…
— Rick Riordan
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Mrs. Darling: There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now,…
— James M. Barrie
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