Contingency Quote by McGeorge Bundy

In the army we are drilled into execution and then supervision, to make sure everything goes the way you planned it. But there is…

— Colin Powell

And even, if circumstances required, a contingency plan for his contingency plan's contingency plan.

— Frank Beddor

A military mindset is objectively analyzing a planned course of action and anticipating the likely consequences before you take that action.

— Tulsi Gabbard

The military executes policy decisions.

— Jack Keane

Plans must be simple and flexible....They must be made by the people who execute them.

— George S. Patton

“The “war is a continuation of policy” idea is the basis of a great deal of coordinated planning, with the foreign offices and the…

— J.C. Wylie

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.

— Winston Churchill

If you don’t have a plan, you will fail, and you can quote me.” You need a definite plan, it should be written down,…

— Napoleon Hill

There are many aspects of the government that operate off a continuing resolution. It's difficult to do so for the military.

— Lee Zeldin

We ask the military to be in a position that, if we ask them to do a task, they are absolutely able to do…

— Philip Hammond

“[A]s military history reveals, a bad plan is often better than no plan, especially if the people on the other side think it’s a…

— Adam Gopnik

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

— James Monroe