Acquisition Quote by Samuel Johnson

“In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy…

— Sun Tzu

“it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to…

— Sun Tzu

Great conquests trouble, where contempt may please -- the one yields glory, and the other ease.

— William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

“When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardour will be damped.…

— Sun Tzu

Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less.

— Victor Hugo

In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it!

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“For however strong you may be in respect of your army, it is essential that in entering a new Province you should have the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Sun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to…

— Sun Tzu

scarcely a human being in the course of history has fallen to a woman's rifle; the vast majority of birds and beasts have been…

— Virginia Woolf

To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better…

— Sun Tzu

Military deployments have never been something to enjoy, but the consequence of the actions, the shared nature of the sacrifices, and the nobility of…

— Pete Hegseth

“Soon the town was filled with infantry, and then the searching and ransacking began in earnest.”

— Matilda Pierce Alleman