A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. – Margaret Thatcher
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. – George Washington Carver
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood. – George S. Patton
Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. – George S. Patton
History is more or less bunk. – Henry Ford
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. – Aldous Huxley
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. – Napoleon Bonaparte
What is history but a fable agreed upon? – Napoleon Bonaparte
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world. – Colin Powell
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm. – Calvin Coolidge
They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them. – Douglas MacArthur
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. – Epicurus
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise. – Henry A. Kissinger
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war. – George W. Bush
It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody. – Richard M. Nixon
I can see clearly now… that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate. – Richard M. Nixon
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. – Dan Quayle