Mike Pence Quotes

It's important to listen to the words of the enemy if you're in war.

I was … struck with their [the British] attention to SECRECY in all their operations. I was confined upon parole to the district where our wounded lay, and when the whole army marched by my lodgings I was confined by an officer to a back room. They lock up the houses of every family that is suspected of being in the least unfriendly to them in their marches thro' the country, & if they are discovered by a countryman whom they suspect, they force him to accompany the army 'till their route or disposition are so far changed that no mischief can arise from the intelligence he is able to convey.

That's my attitude on the military. I don't like telling the enemy what I'm doing.

It is narual for enemy to attack on the weaker side of the adversary.

If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

All warfare is based on deception.

The object of a general is not to fight, but to conquer: he fights enough who obtains the victory.

Defining the enemy defined the war.

Barack Obama has done more than anyone else to promote the dangerous illusion that we can choose whether to have a war or not. But our enemies have already made that choice. Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis said: “No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it's over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote“.

To mislead a rival, deception is permissable; one may use all means against his enemies.

Napoleon was asked, "Who do you consider to be the greatest generals?" He responded saying, "The victors.

The necessity of procuring good Intelligence is apparent & need not be further urged-All that remains for me to add, is, that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon Secrecy, Success depends in most Enterprizes of the kind, and for want of it, they are generally defeated, however well planned & promising a favourable issue.

And that is how we intend to destroy the enemy!" The superior shakes his head wearily. "Young man, the Soviets are our adversary. The Navy is the enemy.

One bad general is worth two good ones.

In battle, topography is fate.

Never tell anyone what you are going to do till you've done it.

If the enemy thinks of the mountains, attack like the sea; and if he thinks of the sea, attack like the mountains.

When he pretends to flee, do not pursue.

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

Against those skilled in attack, an enemy does not know where to defend; against the experts in defense, the enemy does not know where to attack.

Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

An enemy, Ender Wiggin," whispered the old man. "I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than you. There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. I am your enemy from now on. From now on I am your teacher.

Loose lips sink ships.