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Force Quotes by B. H. Liddell Hart
- It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in…
- The more usual reason for adopting a strategy of limited aim is that of awaiting a change in the balance of force ... The essential…
- An army should always be so distributed that its parts can aid each other and combine to produce the maximum possible concentration of force at…
- 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…
- If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of…
- It is folly to imagine that the aggressive types, whether individuals or nations, can be bought off ... since the payment of danegeld stimulates a…
- 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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- Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of… — Saint Augustine
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- We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated… — Ibrahim Babangida
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- Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. — Lord Acton
- The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that… — Lord Acton
- I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large -… — Julianna Baggott
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