Sun Bin quotes
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“Deliberate tactical errors and minor losses are the means by which to bait the enemy.”
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“On both difficult and easy terrain, you must know the 'tenable' and 'fatal' ground. Occupy tenable ground and attack on fatal ground.”
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“Greater powers and resources do not guarantee tactical superiority.”
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“For one who has really mastered the way of warfare, his enemy can do nothing to escape death.”
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“When conventional tactics are altered unexpectedly according to the situation, they take on the element of surprise and increase in strategic value .”
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“No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.”
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Source : A.J.P. Taylor (1996). “Origin Of The Second World War”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
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Source : Abdallah II's Speech at the Mideast summit in Aqaba, Jordan, edition.cnn.com. June 4, 2003.
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Source : "Where Have All the Graveyards Gone? The War That Didn’t End War and Its Unending Successors" by Adam Hochschild, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 3, 2011.
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Source : Robert Fitzgerald, Ed Dowling, Bill W. (1995). “The Soul of Sponsorship: The Friendship of Fr. Ed Dowling, S. J. and Bill Wilson in Letters”, p.32, Hazelden Publishing
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