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“Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses.”

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Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Winning the Nobel Prize does not automatically qualify you to be commander in chief. I think George Bush has proved definitively that to be president, you don't need to care about science, literature or peace.”

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Author:Stephen Colbert

“I realize that after decades of positive thinking the notion of realism, of things as they are, may seem a little quaint. ... When the stakes are high enough and the risks obvious, we still turn to people who can be counted on to understand those risks and prepare for worst-case scenarios. A chief of state does not want to hear a general in the field say that he 'hopes' to win tomorrow's battle or that he's 'visualizing victory'.”

Source: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

“A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.”

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Author:Oliver North

“Thus far the chief purpose of our military establishment has been to win wars. From now on its chief purpose must be to avert them. It can have almost no other useful purpose.”

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Book:The Development of Nuclear Strategy

Source: The Development of Nuclear Strategy