When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.
The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.
I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.
Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large.