There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
BERTOLT BRECHTYoung Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.
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Right is its own defense.
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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But something’s missing.
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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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