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One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight like a lion.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self-interest.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.