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For leaders, wars are filled with guesses. — John Ferling

Finally, we were notorious enough to give our enemies pause. — Geraldine Brooks

Dream pleasantly.
Any dream is possibility. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In statecraft, as in medicine, words are sometimes the most powerful drugs we can use. The power of propaganda should never be discounted, — Ashwin Sanghi

No less than war or statecraft, the history of Economics has its heroic ages. — Aldous Huxley

When downsides coexist with upsides, as they often do, people are reluctant to explore what's bugging them, for fear of being labeled complainers. — Ed Catmull

Only that which happens is possible. — Franz Kafka

Princes give rewards with their own hands,
But death or punishment by the hands of other. — John Webster

He is able to put aside personal feelings and see the broad strokes. Experience counts in these things. — Geraldine Brooks

A sense of messianic purpose makes the national interest almost indistinguishable from the political interests of the president. — Ron Suskind

Power and fear," he said. "The tools of statecraft. — Frank Herbert

Battle is an orgy of disorder. — George S. Patton Jr.

A leader leads," Ragnar said, "and you can't ask men to risk death if you're not willing to risk it yourself. — Bernard Cornwell

For, although one may be very strong in armed forces, yet in entering a province one has always need of the goodwill of the natives. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Statecraft and kingship were not for the faint of heart — Sharon Kay Penman

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft. — James Russell Lowell

A skirt is no obstacle to extemperaneous sex, but it is physically impossible to make love to a girl while she is wearing trousers. — Helen Lawrenson

Grown-ups are children who forgot how to fly. — Lobao

There aren't any answers to be found. There are no good choices. Submissiveness to a tyrant or chaos and suffering. — Brandon Sanderson

Sometimes we lose friends for whose loss our regret is greater than our grief, and others for whom our grief is greater than our regret. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The feelings of politicians are rarely transparent. — John Ferling

Problems are spiritual lessons from God-spiritual lessons to be learned. — Tony Robbins

He was always acting, always enveloping himself in artificiality, perhaps to conceal the volcano within. — Barbara W. Tuchman

From visible habits we make inferences as to the invisible attributes of the soul. Therefore, statecraft is soulcraft. — George F. Will

That is what I hate about ruling and royalty, Simon. It is living, breathing people with whom a prince plays the games of statecraft. — Tad Williams

We need a dramatically expanded use of statecraft. — Newt Gingrich

Maps are essential. Planning a journey without a map is like building a house without drawings. — Mark Jenkins

No one sits, as you do, so close to a king, who does not begin to grasp how the levers of power work, and the cost of the oil that must grease them. — Geraldine Brooks

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft. — Winston S. Churchill

Mudface is the mud in your goatface. What would you say if someone was asked the question 'Does a dog have a Buddha nature?' and said 'Woof! — Jack Kerouac