Cities Quote by Edward Everett

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

“In many ways, after many decades, many billions of dollars, and countless advances in technology, the federal government’s basic plan to escape a catastrophe…

— Garrett M. Graff

When the Normandy Invasion was planned, a very specific strategic objective was given, and that strategic objective was the basis upon which the plan…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Once one of the smaller detachments was defeated, an opportunity was looked for to repeat the strategy, until the entire enemy force was defeated…

— Charles River Editors

In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations…

— H. R. McMaster

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

— Victor Hugo

The force that has come closest across American history to actually ending America was white supremacy. That was the Civil War.

— Pete Buttigieg

“Terrorism carried the day. Federal troops withdrew from the South in 1877. The dream of Reconstruction died. For the next century, political violence was…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government; and so to resist force, employed…

— Abraham Lincoln

In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position…

— James Longstreet

“In early September, convinced that the best way to defend Richmond was to divert attention to Washington, Lee had decided to invade Maryland after…

— Charles River Editors