Contain Enemy Quote by T. R. Fehrenbach

“would be free from his enemies. After once reaching this,”

— Paul S. (Paul Sylvester) Powers

“No plan survives first contact with the enemy. What matters is how quickly the leader is able to adapt.”

— Tim Harford

“Though the enemy be stronger in numbers, we may prevent him from fighting. Scheme so as to discover his plans and the likelihood of…

— Ralph D. Sawyer

“First, no plan survives contact with the enemy. Second, the enemy also makes plans.”

— Craig Alanson

“There is no avoiding war, it can only be postponed to the advantage of your enemy.”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“No plan survives first contact with the enemy.”

— Andy Weir

“It was a strategy as old as time. Make people desperate enough and they obeyed.”

— Debra Webb

“No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.”

— Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

“What, then, was the new strategy he proposed? More troops and more money. For him, any other option was unthinkable. It would mean he…

— Carol Tavris

“Now an enemy is never so near and consequently so threatening, as when he has completely disappeared.”

— Alexandre Dumas

“A war without a strategy cannot be won. Then it is merely a battle where more lives are lost than necessary.”

— Jennifer Megan Varnadore

“...once I understand that my enemy is never going to lay down arms and sign a peace treaty with, I would be wise to…

— Lynn Austin