I Quotes
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“In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker.”
“In war, the truth must be guarded by a body guard of lies.”
“In War, the young soldier is very apt to regard unusual fatigues as the consquence of faults, mistakes, and embarrassment in the conduct of the whole, and to become distressed and depondent as a consequence. This would not happen if he had been prepared for this beforehand by exercises in peace.”
“In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.”
Source: Strategy Six Pack
“In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.”
“In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.”
“In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the meaning of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force, of the people. The same malignant aspect in republicanism may be traced in the inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of war, and in the degeneracy of manners and morals, engendered by both. No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
“In war, truth is often the first casualty.”
“In war, truth is the first casualty.”
“In war, we always deform ourselves, our essence.”
“In war, where imperfect intelligence, the threat of a catastrophe, and the number of accidents are incomparably greater than any other human endeavor, the amount of missed opportunities, so to speak, is therefore bound to be greater.”
Source: On War
“In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.”
“In war, while everything is simple, even the simplest thing is difficult. Difficulties accumulate and produce frictions which no one can comprehend who has not seen war.”
“In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. We must work to live, and they give us such mean wages that we die. We toil for them all day long, and they heap up gold in their coffers, and our children fade away before their time, and the faces of those we love become hard and evil. We tread out the grapes, another drinks the wine. We sow the corn, and our own board is empty. We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and are slaves, though men call us free.”
Source: The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde
“In war-time a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a hero who is running away.”
Source: Judith. Tiger at the gates. Duel of angels
“In War: Resolution; In Defeat: Defiance; In Victory: Magnanimity; In Peace: Good Will.”
“In warfare, first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but rely on brute strength alone, victory will no longer be assured.”
Source: The Art of War
“In warfare, there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent will succeed and win.”
“In wars amongst ideas,
doubters are the victims.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“In wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do”
“In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes”
Source: From The Two Rivers: The Eye of the World
“In wartime people took action because of what they believed in. In peacetime people were driven by their private concerns.”
Source: London Calling
“In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.”
“In wartime, people willing to sacrifice liberty for security.”
“In wartime, the degree of patriotism is directly proportional to distance from the front.”
“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”
“In Washington and Moscow they are saying, 'Man has finally come of age; he doesn't need paternalistic help.' Which is another way of saying, 'We have abolished that help, and in its place we will rule,' offering no help at all: taking but not giving, ruling but not obeying, telling but not listening, taking life and not giving it. The slayers govern now, without interference; the dreams of mankind have become empty.”
“In Washington I'm thought of as a conservative, but in Tennessee I'm thought of as a Bolshevik.”
“In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced. you have to have been somebody to fall.”
“In Washington journalists can afford to live almost as well as people who work for a living.”
Source: Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
“In Washington State, the immigrant population has grown by 42 percent in the five years between 2000 and 2005 - which is an increase from 8 percent to 10.6 percent of the overall population - and the jobless rate in the state has hit a 6 year low.”
“In Washington they have their hawks and doves and in Ottawa we have our parrots.”
“In Washington, 'delay' is too often code for 'derail.' Wink, wink.”
“In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.”
“In Washington, a man gets up to speak and doesn't say a thing, and the other men disagree with him for three hours.”
“In Washington, as we learned from the White House transcripts, a president may speak of kicking butts, call a problem a can of worms, decide not to be in the position of basically hunkering down, anticipate something hitting the fan, propose to tough it through, sight minefields down the road, see somebody playing hard ball, claim political savvy, and wonder what stroke some of his associates have with others.”
Source: Strictly Speaking: Will america be the Death of English?
“In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.”
“In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.”
“In Washington, I found myself as a 31-year-old in a room with the president, vice president, and secretaries of state and defense, and I was unfazed by it. But get me around a rock star I grew up with and I have trouble completing sentences.”
“In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you'd think that if you were the leader of the free world you'd be making major bank, and you don't.”
“In Washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite.”
“In Washington, of course, evading responsibility is an art form,
so it is not always easy to tell who's responsible for which mess.”
“In Washington, officials from the National Rifle Association met with a group of high school students. There were no survivors.”
“In Washington, one man could do what ten of them do. There could be only a quarter or a third as many congressmen or senators, and we would pick better ones then. But it's the system that we have always used, and there is no use getting all overcome with perspiration over it. Things kinder run themselves, anyhow.”
“In Washington, one man could do what ten of them do. Things kinder run themselves, anyhow.”
“In Washington, success is just a training course for failure.”
Source: America: A User's Guide
“In Washington, the air quality today was described as 'red.'...You know what 'red' is? It's bad for everyone. Not just old people, sick people and babies. When it's just bad for old people, sick people and babies, that's called a Republican budget.”
“In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you're told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.”
Source: America: A User's Guide
“In Washington, the public and the private intertwine in such a way that they can't be easily separated. This is the city where the personal and the political are most closely linked.”
Source: Katharine Graham's Washington
“In Washington, the U.S. House passed a bill unanimously. Every single member of both parties voted for it. What was it? To deny Social Security benefits to Nazis. So from now on, no SS for the SS.”