Destroyed Quote by Dick Morris

A strategic plan based on the over-all situation of both belligerents is ... more stable, but it too is applicable only in a given…

— Mao Zedong

If we had less statemanship we could get along with fewer battleships.

— Mark Twain

We must bear in mind, then, that there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt to introduce…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is sound statesmanship to add two battleships every time our neighbour adds one and two stories to our skyscrapers every time he piles…

— Mark Twain

“If we want to see more progress on tactical policies, we should be focusing on the more strategic fight for our nation's values. If…

— David Akadjian

Admirals and Generals always want more ships and more weapons and they take the arguments where they can find them.

— Helmut Schmidt

Government tends to stifle innovation, and it abhors improvisation. Any good military strategist will tell you that a battle plan rarely survives past the…

— Betsy DeVos

Throughout the entire course of history, warfare is always changing.

— Andre Beaufre

“(10) Innovations adopted in accordance with peacetime doctrine, may lock the Fleet into both systems and doctrine which will fail the empirical test of…

— Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last war over again instead of preparing for what might lie ahead.

— Jay Samit

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.

— Anonymous

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy; forceful execution of even a poor plan can often bring victory.

— Sun Tzu