Battleship/strategy and Doctrine

Famous quotes containing the words strategy and/or doctrine:

    “That is the way of youth and life in general: that we do not understand the strategy until after the campaign is over.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.”
    —Simone Weil (1909–1943)