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Enemy Quotes by Carl von Clausewitz
- Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is…
- If the enemy is to be coerced, you must put him in a situation that is even more unpleasant than the sacrifice you call on…
- What do we mean by the defeat of the enemy? Simply the destruction of his forces, whether by death, injury, or any other means-either completely…
- No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy
- Kind-hearted people might of course think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat an enemy without too much bloodshed, and might imagine this…
- Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature.
- To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it.
- If you entrench yourself behind strong fortifications, you compel the enemy seek a solution elsewhere.
- The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war.
- Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is…
- To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'
- The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.
More Enemy Quotes
- 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