Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Quotes

Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general.

I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.

Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war.

Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature.

The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale.

The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear.

In war the psychological factors are often decisive. An adversary who feels inferior is in reality so.

Blind hate against the enemy creates a forceful impulse that cracks the boundaries of natural human limitations, transforming the soldier in an effective, selective and cold killing machine. A people without hate cannot triumph against the adversary.

In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence.

Never be more scared of the enemy than you think he is of you.

War's dirty little secret is that some men love it. I'm trying to unpack why, to look at what it means to be a hero in the context of 21st-century combat.

I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

They had bombed London, whether on purpose or not, and the British people and London especially should know that we could hit back. It would be good for the morale of us all.

No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.

Solitude becomes a sort of tangible enemy, the more dangerous, because it dwells within the citadel itself.

If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.

If you have no enemies, you have no character.

We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it, to his home, to his centers of entertainment: a total war. It is necessary to prevent him from having a moment of peace, a quiet moment outside his barracks or even inside; we must attack him wherever he may be, make him feel like a cornered beast wherever he may move. Then his moral fiber shall begin to decline, but we shall notice how the signs of decadence begin to disappear.

FACE A SINGLE FOE as if you are facing ten thousand enemies; face ten thousand enemies as a single foe.

The speed, accuracy and devastating power of American Artillery won confidence and admiration from the troops it supported and inspired fear and respect in their enemy.

Underestimating one's enemy was a classic tactical mistake --- one that was usually born out of stupidity or arrogance or both. (Harry Smith)

It is easier to brave and threaten, than to conquer an enemy.

If the enemy opens the door, you must race in.

Believe that you can whip the enemy, and you have won half the battle.

The most effective method of propaganda directed at the enemy forces is to release captured soldiers and give the wounded medical treatment... Whenever soldiers of enemy forces are captured, we immediately conduct propaganda among them...This immediately knocks the bottom out of the enemy's slander that the Communist bandits kill everyone on sight.