Quotes about Tactics
I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.
— Ronald Reagan
The only intelligent tactical response to life's horror is to laugh defiantly at it
— Soren Kierkegaard
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
It is far better to win a battle through skilled leadership and wise decisions than violence and bloodshed. It may not seem as glorious to the uninitiated, but in the end it results in fewer wounds--of any kind.
— Frank Herbert
A certain amount of killing has always been an arm of business
— Frank Herbert
I can't ever remember sitting around and saying, 'gosh let's hurry up and get these debates going, that'll win it for me.' Nope.
— George H. W. Bush
He should creep on by clandestine acts, and not contend in open battle according to the practice of those who excel in courage; he should secretly try many schemes, and thus stealthily extend his empire.
— John Calvin
We are in what we hope is an intensive diplomatic phase now. It will not be open-ended.
— Barack Obama
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten.
— Mark Twain
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
— Winston Churchill
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
— Winston Churchill
There is no gambling like politics.
— Benjamin Disraeli