Lech Walesa Quotes

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.

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, the next in order is to attack the enemy's army in the field, and the worst policy of all is to besiege walled cities.

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

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.

We realize that wars are never won on the defensive. We must take the battle to the enemy

The Artillery Barrage: The last reasoning of Kings.

Just as sports teams recognize the potentially game-changing benefit of calling time-outs, failing to do so in matters of warfare is a surefire way to continue losing.

We bring the fight to the enemy so that they don't bring it to us.

GSP knows how to use a lot of strategy.

The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.

Never completely encircle your enemy. Leave him some escape, for he will fight even more desperately if trapped.

Those skilled in attack move as from above the nine-fold heavens. Thus they are capable both of protecting themselves and of gaining complete victory.

A battle can be won before it's ever fought by choosing the right ground.

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.

Those who do not know the plans of competitors cannot prepare alliances. Those who do not know the lay of the land cannot maneuver their forces. Those who do not use local guides cannot take advantage of the ground.

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.

It is according to the shapes that I lay the plans for victory, but the multitude does not comprehend this. Although everyone can see the outward aspects, none understands the way in which I have created victory.

Act after having made assessments. The one who first knows the measure of far and near wins - this is the rule of armed struggle.

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.

In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now.

A people [America] that does not prepare to fight should then be morally prepared to surrender. To fail to prepare soldiers and citizens for limited, bloody ground action, and then to engage in it, is folly verging on the criminal.

Only great and general battles can produce great results

The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.

I've seen the consequences of what can happen when you're unprepared for a fight, or not as prepared as your opponent.