Fortifications Quotes
- From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords… — Miyamoto Musashi
- The general must be the first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not spread his parasol… — Sun Tzu
- Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man. — George S. Patton
- Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country — Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
- Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British… — Geoffrey Wheatcroft
- If you entrench yourself behind strong fortifications, you compel the enemy seek a solution elsewhere. — Carl von Clausewitz