A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

The government will take the fairest of names, but the worst of realities--mob rule.

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.

Nor ought we ever to allow any growing power to acquire such a degree of strength as to be able to tear from us, without resistance, our natural, undisputed rights.

We can profit only by our own misfortunes and those of others. The former, though they may be the more beneficial, are also the more painful; let us turn, then, to the latter.

Knowing how to win is the first step. We must also know how to make use of our victories.