Talk:The best defense is a good offense

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It's a famous quote, but who should it be attributed to? RJFJR (talk) 16:17, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it's basically anonymous. Aldrich Hanssen (talk) 16:31, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't know the source, either, but I'm pretty sure it originated in American football in about the mid-20th century. Sounds like something Vince Lombardi would say. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.33.158.121 (talk) 13:50, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Looked it up: Wiki Answers attributes it to Clausewitz, not Lombardi. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_said_the_best_offense_is_a_good_defense —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.33.158.121 (talk) 13:57, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Remarkably similar to Admiral David Farragut's quote, "The best protection against an enemy's fire is the steady and well directed fire of our own guns." Attributed in AT Mahan's 1898 McClure's Magazine Article] on the war with Spain 67.180.20.166 (talk) 10:51, 20 February 2011 (UTC).

Invasion
The article gave me the impression that the consensus among military strategists is that initiating an invasion is a better option than resisting an invasion on one's own soil. Is my impression valid? 213.109.230.96 (talk) 22:29, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

I'd say that's a fairly valid interpretation, though I'd disrecommend assuming it's a universally-applied sort of consensus. In military strategy it's more just the idea that if military interaction is the best option, there are a lot of reasons to have it happen elsewhere than on the homefront, e.g. higher public morale, less risk of heavy infrastructural damage, less casualties, etc.. KoriganStone (talk) 16:12, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

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Basketball
The adage doesn't apply to this sport because basketball teams always have to attack and defense all the time. It isn't like soccer that teams can choose an offensive or defensive strataegy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.91.131.93 (talk) 18:18, 24 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Any competitive game has the option to CHOOSE either strategy, even Basketball.
 * Your team can choose to attack and score more, or you can defend and stop them scoring.
 * This also works in Chess and Tic Tac Toe. 92.9.201.77 (talk) 03:14, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Foxed
As written, the page seems to focus on strategic & grand strategic issues, but Rommel was a strong advocate for tactical aggressiveness, even in defense. IMO, this merits inclusion (I don't have my copy of his bio at hand, or I might add it). Disagreements? TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura  17:49, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Opposition
The phrase "The best defence is a good offence" has an apposite phrase, "the best offence is a good defence". Its meaning/definition are also opposite. While one advocates using your defences in an offensive way, the other advocates using your offences in a defensive way. Why is there no page for this opposite phrase? Or a section within THIS page simply pointing out the opposite could suffice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.9.201.77 (talk) 03:11, 23 June 2024 (UTC)