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The strongest army in the world [the French] facing no more than twenty-six [German] divisions, sitting still and sheltering behind steel and…
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Discipline is no longer literal obedience but intelligent obedience, for discipline aims at obedience coupled with activity of will. Once discipline weakens…
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The governments of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, had passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international in power…
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Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.
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To me our bombing policy appears to be suicidal. Not because it does not do vast damage to our enemy, it does;…
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As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future.
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In the World War [WW1] nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and…
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It is absolutely true in war, were other things equal, that numbers, whether men, shells, bombs, etc., would be supreme. Yet it…
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally…
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What thrust us into war were not Hitler's political teachings: the cause, this time, was his successful attempt to establish a new…
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Adherence to dogmas has destroyed more armies and cost more battles than anything in war.
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Jackson possessed the brutality essential in war; Lee did not. He could clasp the hand of a wounded enemy, whilst Jackson ground…
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The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.
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Caring is a reflex. Someone slips, your arm goes out. A car is in the ditch, you join others and push... You…
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A bird maintains itself in the air by imperceptible balancing, when near to the mountains or lofty ocean crags; it does this…
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Until I became a parent, I thought children just naturally knew how to catch a ball, that catching was an instinctive biological…
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Here is the basic question: Are we marionettes, or are we creatures of free will who just happen to have a lot…
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Prayer is the practice of drawing on the grace of God. Don't say, "I will endure this until I can get away…
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A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother and wife would often give or preserve…
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You can map out a light plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way…
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Discipline is no longer literal obedience but intelligent obedience, for discipline aims at obedience coupled with activity of will. Once discipline weakens…
— J F C Fuller
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Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are…
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