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"The single greatest advantage anyone can take into any battle is hope."

"A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win."

"The day my father came to claim me, my mother did not wish for me to go. 'She is a girl,' she said, 'and I do not think that she is yours. I had a thousand other men.' He tossed his spear at my feet and gave my mother the back of his hand across the face, so she began to weep. 'Girl or boy, we fight our battles,' he said, 'but the gods let us choose our weapons.' He pointed to the spear, then to my mother's tears, and I picked up the spear."

"The big hurdle is going out and raising the revenue. There's no doubt about that; it's an uphill battle."

"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything."

"Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there."
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"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been."

"Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts."

"If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent."

"The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision."

"While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive."

"Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God."
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