"Humiliation sets armies marching, empires falling, breaks hearts……" — Janet Morris

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• That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and… — Amelia Barr
• Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of… — Joseph Addison
• The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to… — Albert Camus
• For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however… — Winston Churchill
• Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to… — Kofi Annan
• God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and… — Jean Anouilh
• Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do… — Bernard Law Montgomery
• Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's… — Barack Obama
• The students I've been with these twenty years are looking for a world where it becomes a little easier to… — Colman McCarthy
• If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal,… — Sun Tzu
• The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue… — Sun Tzu
• When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out… — Duke of Wellington

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