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One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.
I am conquered less by fortune than by the egotism and ingratitude of my companions in arms.
The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance.
Civilization does everything for the mind and favors it entirely at the expense of the body.
It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.
There is no such thing as luck, merely opportunity meeting preparedness. George S. Patton Jr.
I have fought sixty battles, and I have learnt nothing which I did not know at the beginning.
A beautiful woman like eyes, and a good heart; One is a beautiful thing, and other treasures.
In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.
He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.
The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.
I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it.
Every minute that we lose will cost us great losses later that we will not be able to afford.
Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.
No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle.
As for me, I had to know exactly what the situation was in Dukla Pass. Moscow had demanded it.
Orderly discipline and morale within an army was the responsibility of the Division Commander.
Japan will not abandon the fight for the Philippines even if Tokyo should be reduced to ashes!
It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.
The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.
In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence.
Revolutions are like the most noxious dungheaps, which bring into life the noblest vegetables.
Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.
A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation.
Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.
Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.
A man is not measured by how much he can take and stand but by how fast he regains once fallen.
There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
I swear so soon as age will permit ... I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome.
My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to stop it.
Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear.
Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.
The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.
The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.
Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything.
The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.
In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible.
If obedience is the result of the instinct of the masses, revolt is the result of their thought.
A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.
When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail
Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire.
Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
Remember wars are won by killing people. The more we kill, the quicker we'll get out of this war.
In a very short time the army of Northern Virginia was face to face with the Army of the Potomac.
After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet.
In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.
The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.
Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.
The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.