Assault Quote by B. H. Liddell Hart

nations decay from within more often than they surrender to outward assault.

— Ellen Glasgow

Empires are not brought down by outside forces, they are destroyed by weaknesses from within.

— Lionel

As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation became timid…

— Frederick Russell Burnham

The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it.

— Murray Rothbard

Great nations do not succumb through lost wars, but rather through racial decay and the destruction of their internal order.

— Adolf Hitler

“It is no longer necessary to resort to the power of a state in order to inflict heavy losses on your enemy, since a…

— Tzvetan Todorov

It is true that large parts of the world have not had to endure state-to-state wars for decades. The majority of the world's nations…

— Margaret MacMillan

There is a dependence in the region that breeds a culture of defeatism,

— Stephen Harper

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

— Ariel Durant

In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always. It's their nature. They can't help it.

— Carl Sagan

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

— Andrew Jackson

Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.

— Steven Pinker