Ferdinand Foch Quotes

Birth Date: 1851-10-02 (Thursday, October 2nd, 1851)
Date of Death: 1929-03-20 (Wednesday, March 20th, 1929)

Quotes

Mon centre cede, ma droite recule, situation excellente, j'attaque.
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country.
A radish will never stand in the way of victory.
This is not a peace. It is an armistice for 20 years.
In tactics, action is the governing rule of war.
One does simply what one can in order to apply what one knows.
The laurels of victory are at the point of the enemy bayonets. They must be plucked there; they must be carried by a hand-to-hand fight if one really means to conquer.
A beaten general is disgraced forever.
There is but one means to extenuate the effects of enemy fire: it is to develop a more violent fire oneself.
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.
Les avions sont des jouets interessants mais n'ont aucune utilite militaire
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