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“In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there- a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker and hardens the resistance by compression, whereas an indirect approach loosens the defender's hold by upsetting his balance.”

Way War History Power Society Objects Balance Approach Direct Strategy Rounds Resistance Upset Defenders Indirect Compression Direct Approach

Author:B. H. Liddell Hart

“A master of will can teach you how to use will. You watch them and observe them use that will, guided by wisdom, with a happy balance.”

Use Watches Teach Power Masters Balance

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Vitality springs from diversity -- which makes for real progress so long as there is mutual toleration, based on the recognition that worse may come from an attempt to suppress differences than from acceptance of them. For this reason, the kind of peace that makes progress possible is best assured by the mutual checks created by a balance of forces-alike in the sphere of internal politics and of international relations.”

Source: Why Don't We Learn from History?

“It has been the struggle between privileged men who have managed to get hold of the levers of power and the people in general withtheir vague and changing aspirations for equality, for justice, for some kind of gentler brotherhood and peace, which has kept that balance of forces we call our system of government in equilibrium.”

Source: The Ground We Stand on: The History of a Political Creed

“Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight.”

Success Certain Power Balance Weight Plus

Book:Power, Wealth, Illusions

Source: Power, Wealth, Illusions

“Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.”

World Mean Secret Power Influence Balance Periods Wicked Devices Spheres Fascism Diplomacy Alliances Treaties Old World Appease Appeasement Balance Of Power Sphere Of Influence Interim

Author:Barbara Tuchman