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When the people of any country choose peace at all costs, not even generals can make war. — Pearl S. Buck

All of the promises of politicians, generals, madmen, and crusaders that war can create peace have yet to be borne out. — Barbara Kingsolver

Always look on the bright side. And if there is no bright side?
Look away. — Joanne M. Harris

Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before. — Marianne Williamson

Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings. — Zhuge Liang

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"If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons. — George R R Martin

Generals cannot be trusted with anything, not even with war. — Georges Clemenceau

Generals do not always run wars the way they would like to, nor the troops under them. — Christopher Vokes

What enables the enlightened rulers and good generals to conquer the enemy at every move and achieve extraordinary success is foreknowledge. — Sun Tzu

Generals think war should be waged like the tourneys of the Middle Ages. I have no use for knights; I need revolutionaries. — Adolf Hitler

It's war that makes generals — Seth Godin

If war is too important to trust to generals, then policy is too important to trust to politicians. — Glen Cook

War is too important to be left to the generals — Georges Clemenceau

It's not the generals, it's the civilians who authorise and organise the worst war crimes. — Noam Chomsky

My generals are a parcel of post inspectors. — Napoleon Bonaparte

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain — Gautama Buddha

Mendacity is a system that we live in," declares Brick. "Liquor is one way out an'death's the other. — Tennessee Williams

War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters. — Amy Goodman

Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war. — John Bolton

Nobody wins wars. Generals plan battles to be swift and decisive. When they are not, the aim is to end the conflict less defeated than your opponent. — Steph Bennion

Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates. — F. E. Adcock

All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last war over again instead of preparing for what might lie ahead. — Jay Samit

Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody. — Abraham Lincoln

I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses. — Abraham Lincoln

Every song is a story unfolding. — Truth Devour

Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten. — Napoleon Bonaparte

War is too serious to be entrusted to generals — Georges Clemenceau

Generals are fascinating cases of arrested development - after all, at five all of us wanted to be generals. — Peter Ustinov

Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much! — Aristophanes

Just as war is too important to leave it to the generals, science and technology are too important to leave in the hands of the experts. — Sheldon Rampton

Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries. — Luis Bunuel

I hate it when everybody thinks I'm a ... what's the word, a marauding mother! It's bigger than that. — Beeban Kidron

Unfortunately, I can only act; I do not have the looks, but I am very happy with what God has given me. — Dhanush