Donald Trump Quotes

Nighttime frequently increases alertness, and each mission should consider the ramifications of a night assault. Several of the most successful special operations were conducted in daytime and achieved a high degree of surprise.

Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

I think its one of the great principles. The element of surprise, I mean, you could take a force that's not nearly as strong and with the element of surprise you could wipe out a much more powerful force.

To surprise the enemy is to defeat him.

Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is quite distinct from numerical superiority in general: it is the most powerful medium in the art of war.

The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points; and his forces being thus distributed in many directions, the numbers we shall have to face at any given point will be proportionately few.

I feel very strongly that the significance of 9/11 cannot be underestimated. It forces us to think in new ways about strategy, about national security, about how we structure our forces and about how we use U.S. military power.

Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse.

Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare.

Our military men placed too much weight on spirit and forgot about science.

While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard.

So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.

A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.

Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous.

The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.

As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success, which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.

If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door.

If you are going to use military force, then you ought to use overwhelming military force. Use too much and deliberately use too much; you'll save lives, not only your own, but the enemy's too.

Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield.

The most expensive thing in the world is a second-best military establishment, good but not good enough to win.

I don't know, unless you disagree with me, wouldn't it be better, if we were going to go after Mosul, to not say anything and do it as opposed to announcing? They're announcing all over television they're planning to attack Mosul.

If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do is attack some other place that he will be obliged to relieve.

With growing experience, all skillful commanders sought to profit by the power of the defensive, even when on the offensive.