Ethical Quote by Mary McCarthy

You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't…

— Russell Pearce

There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.

— Jane Lindskold

“At the beginning of a campaign it is important to consider whether or not to move forward; but when one has taken the offensive…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Retreat itself is often a plan of resistance and may be a precursor of great bravery and sacrifice. Every retreat is not cowardice which…

— Mahatma Gandhi

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

— John Gay

In landing operations, retreat is impossible, to surrender is as ignoble as it is foolish. above all else remember that we as attackers have…

— George S. Patton

Retreat is a response to the call of the heart-that call which beckons us toward reality, to the truth of our being, to that…

— Adyashanti

A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops.

— John A. Lejeune

A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

— Duke of Wellington

The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if…

— James Wolfe

Ethics, decency and morality are the real soldiers

— Kiran Bedi