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A battle won is a battle which...

A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

One does simply what one can i...

One does simply what one can in order to apply what one knows .

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

I am conscious of having serve...

I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

To inform, and, therefore to r...

To inform, and, therefore to reconnoitre , this is the first and constant duty of the advanced guard.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

The laurels of victory are at ...

The laurels of victory are at the point of the enemy bayonets. They must be plucked there ; they must be carried by a hand-to-hand fight if one really means to conquer.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

There is but one means to exte...

There is but one means to extenuate the effects of enemy fire: it is to develop a more violent fire oneself.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

The distribution of troops dev...

The distribution of troops devoted to the defence of a place includes a garrison, an occupying force, numerically as weak as possible; a reserve as strong as possible, designed for counterattacking and for providing itself, at the moment it goes into action, with a security service which will guard it from any possible surprise.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

To be disciplined does not mea...

To be disciplined does not mean being silent, abstaining, or doing only what one thinks one may undertake without risk; it is not the art of eluding responsibility ; it means acting in compliance with orders received, and therefore finding in one's own mind, by effort and reflection, the possibility to carry out such orders. It also means finding in one's own will the energy to face the risks involved in execution.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

This absence of similarity amo...

This absence of similarity among military questions naturally brings out the inability of memory to solve them; also the sterility of invariable forms, such as figures, geometrical drawings ( Г©pures ), plans ( schГ©mas ), etc. One only right solution imposes itself:;: namely, the application, varying according to circumstances, of fixed principles.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

The fundamental qualities for ...

The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and judgment, which enable one to recognize the best method as to attain it; the singleness of purpose; and, lastly, . . . stubborn will.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

The power to command has never...

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

It take 15,000 casualties to t...

It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

One is defeated only when one ...

One is defeated only when one accepts defeat.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

This is not a peace. It is an ...

This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

Regulations are all very well ...

Regulations are all very well for drill, but in the hour of danger they are no more use. You have to learn to think.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

A war not only arises, but der...

A war not only arises, but derives its nature , from the political ideas, the moral sentiments, and the international relations obtaining at the moment when it breaks out. This amounts to saying:;: try and know why and with the help of what you are going to act; then you will find out how to act.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

Far from being a sum of distin...

Far from being a sum of distinct and partial results, victory is the consequence of efforts, some of which are victorious while others appear to be fruitless, which nevertheless all aim at a common goal, all drive at a common result: namely, at a decision, a conclusion which alone can provide victory.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

Every manoeuvre must be the de...

Every manoeuvre must be the development of a scheme; it must aim at a goal.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

The truth is, no study is poss...

The truth is, no study is possible on the battle-field; one does there simply what one can in order to apply what one knows . Therefore, in order to do even a little, one has already to know a great deal and to know it well.

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In war there are none but part...

In war there are none but particular cases; everything has there an individual nature; nothing ever repeats itself. In the first place, the data of a military problem are but seldom certain; they are never final . Everything is in a constant state of change and reshaping.

Ferdinand Foch 44 quotes

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