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> [Government tends to stifle innovation, and it abhors improvisation. Any good military strategist will tell you that a battle plan rarely survives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-devos/government-tends-to-stifle-innovation-and-it-abhors-improvisation-any/)

[Betsy DeVos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-devos/)

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> [As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-schwarzkopf/as-far-as-saddam-hussein-being-a-great-military-strategist-he-is/)

[Norman Schwarzkopf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-schwarzkopf/)

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> [“It is very easy to be a military strategist, a mercenary, or a king, but much harder to be a father.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-scrieva/it-is-very-easy-to-be-a-military-strategist-a-mercenary-or-a-king-but/)

[Nadia Scrieva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-scrieva/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/nadia-scrieva-25063_father_it-is-very-easy-to-be-a-military-strateg_1518405.jpg)

> [Ho Chi Minh rarely wrote about Sun Tzu, but when he did mention the ancient Chinese military strategist, he was always laudatory,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-duiker/ho-chi-minh-rarely-wrote-about-sun-tzu-but-when-he-did-mention-the/)

[William J. Duiker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-duiker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/william-j-duiker-21821_ancient_ho-chi-minh-rarely-wrote-about-sun-tzu-b_1959533.jpg)

> [I'm not a military strategist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindy-sheehan/i-m-not-a-military-strategist/)

[Cindy Sheehan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindy-sheehan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/cindy-sheehan-4928_military_i-m-not-a-military-strategist-2435260_2435260.png)

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