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No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. — Sun Tzu
Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient. — Sun Tzu
There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice. — Po Bronson
We must distinguish between those who depend on others, that is between those who to achieve their purposes can force the issue and those who… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Whoever is the first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy will be fresh for the fight... Therefore the clever combatant imposes… — Sun Tzu
Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours. — Niccolo Machiavelli
The end of the republic is to enervate and to weaken all other bodies so as to increase its own body. — Niccolo Machiavelli
The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just go… — Niccolo Machiavelli
If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples to Spain, in order to… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Nevertheless, he must be cautious in believing and acting, and must not inspire fear of his own accord, and must proceed in a temperate manner… — Niccolo Machiavelli
If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition to attack, we… — Sun Tzu
One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all. — Sun Tzu
I believe that the community's duty to education is, therefore, its paramount moral duty. By law and punishment, by social agitation and discussion, society can… — John Dewey
I believe that the school is primarily a social institution. Education being a social process, the school is simply that form of community life in… — John Dewey
It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most of… — J. William Fulbright
....Man's struggle to be rational about himself, about his relationship to his own society and to other peoples and nations involves a constant search for… — J. William Fulbright
The preservation of our free society in the years and decades to come will depend ultimately on whether we succeed or fail in directing the… — J. William Fulbright
With respect to the creation of the program, I introduced the bill in September 1945, immediately after the end of the war with Japan, in… — J. William Fulbright
The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake.… — Amartya Sen
We know that many boys and girls leave school because of poverty, because they have to work. However, there are an important number of children… — Shakira
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you,… — Khalil Gibran
I think back to the day I drove Michelle and a newborn Malia home from the hospital nearly 13 years ago-crawling along, miles under the… — Barack Obama
It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home-it's only then that… — Margaret Truman Daniel
And what I'm telling you now is not for you to go out and try the same ways I try, or not to even try… — Unknown Author

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