Karen Traviss Quotes

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.

It seems to me the worst possible concept, militarily, that we would simply stay there, resisting aggression, so-called...it seems to me that the way to "resist aggression" is to destroy the potentialities of the aggressor to continually hit you...When you say, merely, "we are going to continue to fight aggression," that is not what the enemy is fighting for. The enemy is fighting for a very definite purpose-to destroy our forces.

What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.

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

It was one lesson he never forgot.You don't sit back when you or a loved one is being assaulted.And you don't act like the goverment with their "proportional responses" and all that nonsense.If someone hurts you,mercy and pity must be put aside,You eliminate the enemy.You scorch the earth.

Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation.

Practically every violent conflict or social change has proved that violence unleashes violence in return.

There is but one means to extenuate the effects of enemy fire: it is to develop a more violent fire oneself.

Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.

By God, we will make the fire eat up half of Isreal if it tries to do anything against Iraq.

Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!

Do not count the days, do not count the miles. Count only the Germans you have killed. Kill the German - this is your old mother's prayer. Kill the German - this is what your children beseech you to do. Kill the German - this is the cry of your Russian earth. Do not waver. Do not let up. Kill.

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

From a position of this sort, if the enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him. But if the enemy is prepared for your coming, and you fail to defeat him, then, return being impossible, disaster will ensue.

If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.

Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned.

They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.

You can't stamp on people and not get hurt in return.

With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent of the enemy.

Kindness is a rotten fruit that poisons anyone who partakes of it. Throw it in the face of your enemies and let it ruin them instead.

Make the land of Islam a burning fire that burns their faces and feet wherever they pass.

When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue.

It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, be able to divide them; if equal, engage them; if fewer, defend against them; if weaker, be able to avoid them.

We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge.

When the enemy starts to collapse you must pursue him without the chance of letting go. If you fail to take advantage of your enemies collapse, they may recover.