Lawrence Freedman Quotes.

11. "It is as well to avoid illusions of control, but in the end all we can do is act as if we can influence events. To do otherwise is to succumb to fatalism."
- Lawrence Freedman, Strategy: A History

12. "A strategist should think in terms of paralyzing, not of killing. —Basil Liddell Hart"
- Lawrence Freedman, Strategy: A History

13. "The brain consumes 20 percent of the body’s energy, far more than any other organ, while making up only 2 percent of an adult’s body weight."
- Lawrence Freedman, Strategy: A History

14. "Strategy is revolution. Everything else is tactics."
- Lawrence Freedman, Strategy: A History

15. "The ability to persuade not only one’s people but also allies and enemies was a vital attribute of the successful strategist. In this way, strategy required a combination of words and deeds, and the ability to manipulate them both."
- Lawrence Freedman, Strategy: A History

16. "strategy formation walks on two feet, one deliberate, the other emergent."
- Lawrence Freedman, Strategy: A History

17. "God created strategy by allowing choice,"
- Lawrence Freedman, Strategy: A History

18. "we are all inevitably someone’s adversary."
- Lawrence Freedman, Strategy: A History

19. "Napoleon embodied a new way of fighting wars: a combination of individual genius and mass organization, and objectives far more ambitious than those of his predecessors."
- Lawrence Freedman, Strategy: A History

20. "the art of creating power"
- Lawrence Freedman, Strategy: A History