"Artillery conquers and infantry occupies." — J F C Fuller
"Artillery conquers and infantry occupies."
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J F C Fuller
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14 Quotes by J F C Fuller
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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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Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.
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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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More Artillery Quotes
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In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.
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The infantryman slithers in the mud, while many teams of horses are needed to drag each gun forward. All wheeled…
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Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to…
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No matter what the cause, even though it be to conquer with tanks and planes and modern artillery some defenseless…
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A professional football team warms up grimly and disparately, like an army on maneuvers: the ground troops here, the tanks…
— Ted Solotaroff
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All womankind, from the highest to the lowest love jokes; the difficulty is to know how they choose to have…
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During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against…
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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Israel exists; it has a right to exist in peace behind secure and defensible borders; and it has a right…
— Ronald Reagan
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Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding…
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