“Willing obedience always beats forced obedience.” -Xenophon
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Quote of the Day, 12-29-08
Posted on December 29, 2008 by pattonmat89
“He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Quote of the Day, 11-18-08
Posted on November 18, 2008 by pattonmat89
“Intelligence alone is not courage, we often see that the most intelligent people are irresolute. Since in the rush of events a man is governed by feelings rather than by thought, the intellect needs to arouse the quality of courage, which then supports and sustains it in action.” -Carl von Clausewitz, On War
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Quote of the Day, 11-17-08
Posted on November 17, 2008 by pattonmat89
“The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing practical to alter or deflect the impulse to destroy the enemy, which is central to the very idea of war.” -Carl von Clausewitz, On War And by the way, I know [...]
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Quote of the Day, 11-13-08
Posted on November 13, 2008 by pattonmat89
“There is no instance of prolonged warfare benefitting a nation.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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