"Best quote on art of war ever" Topic
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| Korvessa | 15 Mar 2019 7:16 p.m. PST |
I was in a training class on police officer safety today and the instructor provided this quote: "If the odds are even, your tactics suck." Unfortunately I don't recall who he was quoting. |
| William Warner | 15 Mar 2019 7:55 p.m. PST |
Definitely sounds like a paraphrase but I couldn't tell you from whom. Napoleon? Frederick? Patton? |
| Korvessa | 15 Mar 2019 8:13 p.m. PST |
It wasn't anybody famous
possibly a colonel |
 Editor in Chief Bill  | 15 Mar 2019 8:19 p.m. PST |
"If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." ― John Steinbeck link |
| Dennis | 15 Mar 2019 8:21 p.m. PST |
Apparently almost everyone has said something approximately like your quote. For example, the following is attributed to Col. David Hackworth: "If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." See azquotes.com/quote/566499 The Hackworth quote is ascribed to him in Paul Walters' book "A Soldier's Journey to Vietnam and Back." Although I found lots of references to Steinbeck being the source of the OP's quote-as Bill noted-I couldn't actually trace it to a book by or about Steinbeck. |
| rustymusket | 16 Mar 2019 7:11 a.m. PST |
Yeah, like Sherman was the first to say "War is hell."? Not likely but he is remembered (in the US, anyway) |
| Korvessa | 16 Mar 2019 9:30 a.m. PST |
Although new to me, this appears to be something said my many people in different ways.
But either way, the sentiment is awesome. |
Oberlindes Sol LIC  | 16 Mar 2019 10:35 a.m. PST |
Self-defense instructors have said words to the effect of: "the guy on the street isn't looking for a fair fight; he's looking for a beat-down. Fair fights only happen in tournaments." |
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