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Well, if we are going to start throwing Sun Tzu around..

'the practical value of history is to throw the film of the past through the material projector of the present on to the screen of the future'.

Liddell Hart

"...the way that the wish has fathered the thought throughout the course of warfare, and led to endless futilities, is apt to seem the most extraordinary of military phenomena"

Liddell Hart

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This isn't my favorite quote nor is it complete but here goes anyway (any help from the peanut gallery is appreciated).

A. Lincoln after being asked about General Grants Drinking problem...

"find out what he is drinking and send a case to each of my other generals"

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Rhet

[This message has been edited by Rhet (edited 09-16-99).]

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That reminds me of another good ACW quote, this one the last words from a Union general upon visiting the entrenchments near the front and being warned by a soldier to stay down because of sharpshooters:

"Don't worry, son. They couldn't hit an elephant from this dist-"

Dar Steckelberg

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