“It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been committed for fear of not looking sufficiently progressive.”
“A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.”
“We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.”
“You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is.”
“History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.”
“War consisteth not in battle only,or the act of fighting;but in a tract of time,wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known”