"Ponder and deliberate before you make a move."
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"Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him."
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"Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger."
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"Agitate him and ascertain the pattern of his movement."
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"In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good."
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"Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of business."
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"Order or disorder depends on organisation and direction; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on tactical dispositions."
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"A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy."
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"When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard."
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"To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues."
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"I do occasionally wonder, if you were to bring to life one of those young men who sacrificed themselves in what was advertised to them as the Great War, and the war to end all war, and show them that we're still engaged in armed conflict in the same area, I'm not sure that they would be pleased about what their sacrifices amounted to."
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"The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the Cold War, is that the engine of capitalism - the individual - is mightier than any collective."
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"A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased"
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"Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you."
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"I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I'm angry about cap and trade. And I've been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs."
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"We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome."
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"The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground."
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"To abolish war it is necessary to abolish patriotism, and to abolish patriotism it is necessary first to understand that it is an evil. Tell people that patriotism is bad and most will reply, 'Yes, bad patriotism is bad, but mine is good patriotism.'"
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"The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere."
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"Warfare is the father of all good things, it is also the father of good prose!"
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