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I have destroyed the enemy merely by marches.

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A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits

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There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body. I try to crush it, confident that secondary matters will then settle themselves.

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A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when the person giving the order is absent from the field of operations and is imperfectly aware or wholly unaware of the latest state of affairs. It follows that any commander-in-chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forward his reasons, insist on the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of his army's downfall.

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I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.

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It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.

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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

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In war the simplest manoeuvres are the best.

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The art of land warfare is an art of genius, of inspiration. On the sea nothing is genius or inspiration; everything is positive or empiric.

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A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.

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A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.

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All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.

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In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is absolutely necessary. Everything beyond that is a crime.

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I shall be an Attila to Venice.

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A man becomes the creature of his uniform.

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In a great nation, the majority are incapable of judging wisely of things.

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We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.

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Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all the world with them.

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There shall be no Alps.

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The art of government is not to let me grow stale.

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