Cat-s-cradle Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

“A wall that cannot be defended is no sooner built than ended.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Either that information was not believed or inexplicably never passed on to the regional military command. When the attack finally came, Vienamese civilians were…

— Nayan Chanda

“Guymar pushed past his hesitation, said, ‘Our walls can withstand anything, but they’ll block the arrival of our reinforcements.’ He”

— C.S. Pacat

“Five thousand boys and girls under the age of sixteen were estimated to have fought in the defense of Berlin. Five hundred survived.”

— Andrei Cherny

“Buildings are not very good at remembering the people who once occupied them.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“There was practically nothing that he wouldn’t attack, including architecture.”

— Terry Pratchett

“the best possible fortress is—not to be hated by the people”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“It was no difficult to protect a citadel that had never been stormed.”

— Jacquie D'Alessandro

Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

— Anonymous

“He was guarded behind a hundred fences of reserve and anger.”

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

“There is no lie in war or preparation of war that can't be defended. ”

— Don DeLillo