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“The doctrine of "exit strategy" fundamentally misunderstands the nature of war and, more generally, the nature of historical action. for the knowledge of the end is not given to us at the beginning.”
“If you drop assumptions, and can anticipate the possibilities, you can master the art of strategy. However, if you can only manipulate probability, you can only create a path to victory. But rememb...”
“Introduced in the 1960s, multitasking is an engineering strategy for making computers more efficient. Human beings are the slowest elements in a system.”
“Castro has been a teacher for me. A master. Not on ideology but on strategy.”
“As a teacher, my strategy is to encourage questioning. I'm the least authoritarian professor you'll ever meet.”
“Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?”
“Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.”
“If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.”
“The essential element of successful strategy is that it derives its success from the differences between competitors with a consequent difference in their behavior.”
“All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.”
“Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used as a strategy preemption dilutes diplomacy, creates ...”
“Our strategy is one of preventing war by making it self-evident to our enemies that they're going to get their clocks cleaned if they start one.”
“Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.”
“Make foes of bowmen if you must,Never of penmen.”
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you kn...”
“Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.”
“5,6. The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger.”
“If someone offer you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it.”
