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• To inform, and, therefore to reconnoitre , this is the first and constant duty of the advanced guard.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Firsts, Duty, Constant

  Ferdinand Foch (1920). “The Principles of War”

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• This absence of similarity among military questions naturally brings out the inability of memory to solve them; also the sterility of invariable forms, such as figures, geometrical drawings ( épures ), plans ( schémas ), etc. One only right solution imposes itself:;: namely, the application, varying according to circumstances, of fixed principles.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Memories, Military, Drawing

  Ferdinand Foch (1920). “The Principles of War”

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• Far from being a sum of distinct and partial results, victory is the consequence of efforts, some of which are victorious while others appear to be fruitless, which nevertheless all aim at a common goal, all drive at a common result: namely, at a decision, a conclusion which alone can provide victory.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Goal, Effort, Decision

  Ferdinand Foch, Alphonse Grasset (1920). “Precepts and Judgments”

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• The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Mysterious, Charisma, Command

  Ferdinand Foch, Alphonse Grasset (1920). “Precepts and Judgments”

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• I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Country, England, Conscious

  Engraving on the statue of Ferdinand Foch on Grosvenor Square in London, UK.

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• A beaten general is disgraced forever.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Military, Forever, Beaten

  Ferdinand Foch (1920). “The Principles of War”

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• Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Military, Silly, Airplane

  "Time : A Traveler's Guide". Book by Clifford A. Pickover, p. 249, 1998.

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• The distribution of troops devoted to the defence of a place includes a garrison, an occupying force, numerically as weak as possible; a reserve as strong as possible, designed for counterattacking and for providing itself, at the moment it goes into action, with a security service which will guard it from any possible surprise.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Strong, Troops, Action

  Ferdinand Foch (1920). “The Principles of War”

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• All the same, the fundamental truths which govern that art are still unchangeable; just as the principles of mechanics must always govern architecture, whether the building be made of wood, stone, iron or concrete; just as the principles of harmony govern music of whatever kind. It is still necessary, then, to establish the principles of war.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Art, War, Iron

  "The Principles of War". Book by Ferdinand Foch, 1918.

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