Age Quote by Zbigniew Brzezinski

The higher level of grand strategy [is] that of conducting war with a far-sighted regard to the state of the peace that will follow.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

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

All empires have depended on local legitimacy and local collaboration; they are not based primarily on coercion. An imperial rule that relies wholly on…

— Niall Ferguson

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.

— Sun Tzu

Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control…

— Edward Said

It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy,…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

“while the main laws of strategy can be stated clearly enough for the benefit of all and sundry, you must be guided by the…

— Sun Tzu

Therefore, to estimate the enemy situation and to calculate distances and the degree of difficulty of the terrain so as to control victory are…

— Sun Tzu

There is no single grand strategy. Just as the New Left abandoned an overarching program and became a series of like-minded groups advancing area…

— Robert Bork

We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic.

— Donald Rumsfeld

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

— Sun Tzu

“With his forces intact he will dispute the mastery of the Empire, and thus, without losing a man, his triumph will be complete. This…

— Sun Tzu