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Enemy Quotes by B. H. Liddell Hart
- The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in…
- It is thus more potent, as well as more economical, to disarm the enemy than to attempt his destruction by hard fighting ... A strategist…
- In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is…
- While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard.
- In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is the law which…
- Air forces offered the possibility of striking a the enemy's economic and moral centres without having first to achieve 'the destruction of the enemy's main…
- Inflict the least possible permanent injury, for the enemy of to-day is the customer of the morrow and the ally of the future
- The nearer the cutting off point lies to the main force of the enemy, the more immediate the effect; whereas the closer to the strategic…
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- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. — Dean Acheson
- Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so… — Dan Aykroyd
- In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. — Francis Bacon
- We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling… — Douglas Bader
- Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately. — Alec Baldwin
- It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. — James A. Baldwin
- The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if… — Stanley Baldwin
- Biography should be written by an acute enemy. — Arthur Balfour
- Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always… — Hosea Ballou