Alexander Suvorov quotes
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“Fight the enemy with the weapons he lacks.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Suvorov". Book by K. Ossipov, 1945.
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“Win with ability, not with numbers.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Military Pedagogy - A Soviet View". Book by A.M. Danchenko and I.F. Vydrin, 1973.
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“Fire opens the gates of victory.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Field Marshal Kutuzov: A short biography". Book by Mikhail Bragin, 1944.
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“What is difficult in training will become easy in a battle”
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“The bullet is a mad thing, only the bayonet knows what it is about.”
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“Judgment of eye, speed and attack are the basis of victory.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Warren Bartlett Walsh". Book by Warren Bartlett Walsh, 3rd edition, p. 694, 1959.
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“There is nobody more terrible than the desperate.”
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“Exercises cultivated self-reliance - the foundation of courage.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Suvorov". Book by K. Ossipov, 1945.
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“No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Suvorov". Book by K. Ossipov, 1945.
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“Train hard, fight easy.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "The Art of Victory" by Alexander Suvorov, New York, 1965.
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“Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Suvorof". Book by W. Lyon Blease, 1926.
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“A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "The Basic Principles of Operational Art and Tactics: A Soviet View". Book by V. Ye. Savkin, 1972.
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“To surprise the enemy is to defeat him.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "As Military Adviser in China". Book by Aleksandr Cherepanov, p. 245, 1982.
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“As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be treated generously.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Yesterday and Today, 1917-1967: Contemporaries Report on the Progress of German Soviet Friendship". Published by Verlag Zeit im Bild and Agentsvo pechati "Novosti", 1967.
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“The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a fine chap.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Nauka pobezhdat" by Alexander Suvorov, 1806.
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“Accustom yourself to tireless activity.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "The Book of Military Quotations". Book by Peter G. Tsouras, p. 23, 2005.
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“When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "The Book of Military Quotations". Book by Peter G. Tsouras, p. 124, 2005.
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“The Church will pray to God for the dead. The survivor has honour and glory.”
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“The more comfort, the less courage there is.”
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“If we had not driven them into hell, hell would have swallowed us.”
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“To me death is better than the defensive.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Suvorof". Book by W. Lyon Blease, 1926.
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“One cannot think that blind bravery gives victory over the enemy.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "The Book of Military Quotations" by Peter G. Tsouras, (p. 55), 1998.
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“Fortune seized at the right moment gives victory.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Political Affairs" by Earl Browder, (p. 1005), 2001.
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“One minute can decide the outcome of the battle, one hour - the outcome of the campaign, and one day - the fate of the country.”
-- Alexander SuvorovSource : "Encyclopedia of Russian History" by James R. Millar, Soviet Union, (p. 1504), 2004.
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