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If you want peace, understand war.


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The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.

The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.



In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.



The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.

The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.



Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible, adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success or failure.

Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible, adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success or failure.



The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.

The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.



The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.

The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.



The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that, as in ju-jitsu, his own effort is turned into the lever of his overthrow.

The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that, as in ju-jitsu, his own effort is turned into the lever of his overthrow.



A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.



Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war.

Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war.



For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought.

For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought.





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I was eccentric, even as a kid. I was an early reader, an early talker. I was very curious in a way that maybe the other kids weren't. I was a little more outgoing.

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Something happens, Blue thinks, and then it goes on happening forever. It can never be changed, can never be otherwise.

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Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, lets use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems.

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Consistency is necessary, but its not sufficient to make it to a level that breaks you out in front of everyone else.

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Each of us is the only person who can give the other what each of us wants to have: Peace.

Each of us is the only person who can give the other what each of us wants to have: Peace.



When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it.

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