“I think that the war on drugs is domestic Vietnam. And didn't we learn from Vietnam that, at a certain point in the war, we should stop and rethink our strategy, ask ``Why are we here, what are we doing, what's succeeded, what's failed?'' And we ought to do that with the domestic Vietnam, which is the war on drugs.” ThinkingShouldWarCertainAsksLibertyOughtDrugStrategyVietnamWar On Drugs Author:Kurt Schmoke
“It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in turn, should seek to penetrate a joint in the harness of the opposing forces. To apply one's strength where the opponent is strong weakens oneself disproportionately to the effect attained. To strike with strong effect, one must strike at weakness.” ShouldWarGovernmentTurnsStrongForceEffectsMilitaryWeaknessAimStrategyOneselfStrikesOpponentsHeelsJointsPenetrateOpposingPierceHarnessAchillesWar StrategyAchilles Heel Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“To ensure attaining an objective, one should have alternate objectives. An attack that converges on one point should threaten, and be able to diverge against another. Only by this flexibility of aim can strategy be attuned to the uncertainty of war.” ShouldWarAbleMilitaryShould HaveAimStrategyObjectivesUncertaintyFlexibility Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“The blurring of the line between policy and strategy] encouraged soldiers to make the preposterous claim that policy should be subservient to their conduct of operations, and (especially in democratic countries) it drew the statesman on to overstep the definite border of his sphere and interfere with his military employees in the actual use of their tools.” ShouldCountryUseLinesMilitaryPolicyToolsClaimsStrategyDemocraticSoldierOperationsBordersEmployeeSpheresInterfereDefiniteStatesmenSubservientDemocratic Country Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“The more usual reason for adopting a strategy of limited aim is that of awaiting a change in the balance of force ... The essential condition of such a strategy is that the drain on him should be disproportionately greater than on oneself.” ShouldReasonForceGreaterConditionsMilitaryBalanceEssentialsAimStrategyOneselfUsualDrainsAdopting Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“Let's adopt some short-term strategies to get growth going and then let's have a long-term debt reduction package. That's what I think we should do and I think it will work.” ThinkingShouldLongGrowthTermStrategyDebtLong TermPackagesShort TermReduction Author:William J. Clinton
“Every day you have to renew your commitment. Some of the strategies should become habitual over time and not a huge effort.” ShouldEffortHugeCommitmentStrategyHabitual Author:Sonja Lyubomirsky