"Air warfare is a shot through the brain,……" — J F C Fuller
"Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body."
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J F C Fuller
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14 Quotes by J F C Fuller
J F C Fuller has 14 quotes on this site.
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The strongest army in the world [the French] facing no more than twenty-six [German] divisions, sitting still and sheltering behind…
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Discipline is no longer literal obedience but intelligent obedience, for discipline aims at obedience coupled with activity of will. Once…
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The governments of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, had passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international…
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To me our bombing policy appears to be suicidal. Not because it does not do vast damage to our enemy,…
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As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of…
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In the World War [WW1] nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion…
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It is absolutely true in war, were other things equal, that numbers, whether men, shells, bombs, etc., would be supreme.…
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a…
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What thrust us into war were not Hitler's political teachings: the cause, this time, was his successful attempt to establish…
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Adherence to dogmas has destroyed more armies and cost more battles than anything in war.
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Jackson possessed the brutality essential in war; Lee did not. He could clasp the hand of a wounded enemy, whilst…
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Artillery conquers and infantry occupies.
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More Air Quotes
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It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then…
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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of…
— Stanley Baldwin
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
— Jack Adams
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Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
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I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into…
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
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