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The avantgarde are people who don’t exactly know where they want to go, but are the first to get there.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

As a great man’s influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain.

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

You’ve got to keep things flying.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.