Offensive Maneuver Quotes

Never try to take a fortified hill, especially if the Army on top is bigger than you are.

He who strikes first can defeat the enemy. He who strikes last will be beaten

Retreat Hell! We're just attacking in another direction.

The Spartans do not inquire how many the enemy are, but where they are.

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.

Balk the enemy's power; force him to reveal himself.

The Artillery Barrage: The last reasoning of Kings.

Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.

When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the flight to the enemy.

Many activists and antagonists who are on the wrong side of an issue employ the tactic of, 'the best defense is a good offense.'

Of your own indefatigable labor from early dawn and of your explicit instructions, that the batteries should reserve their ammunition, until the grand charge should commence, for which the enemy were undoubtedly preparing.

General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place.

Obviously, throwing leg kicks in the first round is not smart, but it's something that I can really utilize in the later rounds to both score points and look to finish the fight.

What battle has ever been won by staying in camp and talking to your fellow soldier?

In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being about as strong as ours from which we had driven them back.

If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do is attack some other place that he will be obliged to relieve.

Tanks being deployed far forward is an indication of offensive action; tanks in depth is an indication of defensive action.

To think about attacking is also to think about positioning.

That's the secret, hit without getting hit.

Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength - not his weaknesses - to place him immediately on the defensive.

I don't have a go-to move, man; I just rush.

I always try to outsmart my defender.

You simply cannot ever refuse to be on the attack in a campaign.

Attacking is better than defending.

If an opportunity comes to knock out my opponent, I'm going to take it.