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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs.

— Charles Babbage

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.

— Keith Henson

It is not enough just to get your forces from A to B - you have to keep them fed and watered as they go. The art of movement, therefore, is one of the most complex and vital that any commander must master if he is going to win.

— Saul David

Practically all animals which move fast in a homogeneous medium have found means of giving their body a streamlined shape, thereby reducing friction to a minimum.

— Konrad Lorenz

History tells us that a general can move and feed an army as efficiently as he likes, but the real litmus test is the battlefield.

— Saul David

The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.

— Thomas Malthus

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

— Jonathan Swift

The Korean War has also show quite clearly that in a major conflict manpower is as important as horsepower.

— Aly Khan

The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line.

— Charles Edward Montague

Whether we like it or not, gender differences matter in a combat situation.

— Pete Hegseth

✗Opposing Perspectives

Ever since World War I, superior force is no longer measured in terms of men or horses, but in the means to wreak destruction.

— Saul David