Army Quote by Walid Muallem

A siege is an act of war.

— Noam Chomsky

Attacks on cities are strategically justified in so far as they tend to shorten the war and so preserve the lives of allied soldiers.

— Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

So why are we practicing this, anyway?" Percy asked. "Do you guys spend a lot of time laying siege to fortified cities?

— Rick Riordan

Fighting men are the city's fortress

— Alcaeus

“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

Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans, the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces,…

— Sun Tzu

Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle .... They conquer by strategy.

— Sun Tzu

He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's…

— Sun Tzu

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

— Sun Tzu

Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom…

— Sun Tzu

Like mortars in old war films, they are often ready to destroy the opponent's unsupported defences.

— Alexey Suetin

What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

— Sun Tzu