Tactical Warfare Quotes

The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at the expense of the enemy territory.

The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a fine chap.

War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.

Der Krieg ist nichts als eine Fortsetzung des politischen Verkehrs mit Einmischung anderer Mittel. War is merely the continuation of policy with the admixture of other means.

A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.

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

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for this is the sole art that belongs to him who rules, and it is of such force that it not only upholds those who are born princes, but it often enables men to rise from a private station to that rank. And, on the contrary, it is seen that when princes have thought more of ease than of arms they have lost their states. And the first cause of your losing it is to neglect this art; and what enables you to acquire a state is to be master of the art.

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight.

I have fought sixty battles, and I have learnt nothing which I did not know at the beginning.

If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman.

Chess is a more highly symbolic game, but the aggressions are therefore even more frankly represented in the play. It probably began as a war game; that is, the representation of a miniature battle between the forces of two kingdoms

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.

The Mexican War was a training ground for generals, so that when the sad self-murders settled on us, the leaders knew the techniques for making it properly horrible.

Guns don't win wars; guns and bombs may kill a man but they cannot make him follow their lead, nor will they ever coerce an unyielding man to yield.

Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.

There are two types of warriors: the one that rides through on his horse and tries to slay everyone, and the sniper. I try to be more like the sniper. Bang. Bang. Bang. Break them down, shot by shot.

Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.

Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals.

I am very interested in and that is what Sun Tzu in his ancient Chinese text calls The Art of War.

When you attack the enemy, your spirit must go to the extent of pulling the stakes out of a wall and using them as spears and halberds.

Hannibal was a very pretty fellow in those days.

Remorse has no place in a warrior's mind... A war is like a game of chess, Nicholaa. Every battle is like a well-thought-out move on the board. Once it begins, there shouldn't be any emotion involved whatsoever.

Arms are my ornaments, warfare my repose.

My skill didn't lie in planning battles, only in fighting them.