Air Quote by Giulio Douhet Download Open image “To conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat.” — Giulio Douhet ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Air Beaten Command Conquer Defeat Failure Mean Military Victory
To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
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… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
Victory is plesant, not only to those who love to conquer, bot to all; for there is produced an idea of superiority, which all… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance,… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Life's battle is a conquest for the strong; The meaning shows in the defeated thing. — John Masefield Copy Share Image
Victories are gained through battles. This is the essence of the commandment love your enemy. There is no real enemy, for even the darkness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat. — Jozef Pilsudski Copy Share Image
The one effective method of defending one's own territory from an offensive by air is to destroy the enemy's air power with the greatest… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary - and sufficient - to be in a position in case of war… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
I have a mathematical certainty that the future will confirm my assertion that aerial warfare will be the most important element in future wars,… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
To have command of the air means to be able to cut an enemy's army and navy off from their bases of operation and… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the change in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
You'll be scared! Sure you'll be scared. Who wouldn't fear having their head completely blown off. — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
Because of its independence of surface limitations and its superior speed the airplane is the offensive weapon par excellence. — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
Would not the sight of a single enemy airplane be enough to induce a formidable panic? Normal life would be unable to continue under… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
I will be a tireless advocate for our District's defense priorities including Sheppard Air Force Base, Pantex, Bell Helicopter, universities conducting important research, and… — Ronny Jackson Copy Share Image
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
If U.S. air, naval, missile, and ground forces were not in and around Korea, and if we were not treaty-bound to fight alongside South… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United States goes and takes action there on behalf of the Iraqi government. You've got Iran coming in and saying we're going to stand with (Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri) al-Maliki, so now we're aligning ourselves with Iran,… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share
I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to figure out robs the world of beauty and mystery. But is it not stirring to understand how the world actually works — that white light is made of colors, that color is the way we perceive the wavelengths of light, that transparent air reflects light, that in so… — Carl Sagan Copy Share
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that... I’ve always though that under-populated countries in Africa are vastly UNDER-polluted,… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share
After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
There was a little nook on Air Force Two that contained the vice presidential seal, and I would sort of wedge myself in there… — Jill Biden Copy Share Image
Words are substance strange. Speak one and the air ripples into another's ears. Write one and the eye laps it up. But the sense… — Dan Beachy-Quick Copy Share Image
[A]s you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air.… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
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