Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

Quote by Barbara W Tuchman

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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans,...

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans,...

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

Military men are the scourges of the world

Military men are the scourges of the world

Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead.

Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead.

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention...

While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention...

I've always had the idea that we were conducting a military operation. It always seemed...

I've always had the idea that we were conducting a military operation. It always seemed...

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank...

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank...

The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I...

The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I...

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...

If your attack is going too well, youre walking into an ambush.

If your attack is going too well, youre walking into an ambush.

Five-second fuses only last three seconds.

Five-second fuses only last three seconds.