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The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
- The New York Times (January 19, 1971). See Michael C. Thomsett and Jean Freestone Thomsett War and Conflict Quotations: A Worldwide Dictionary of Pronouncements from Military Leaders, Politicians, Philosophers, Writers and Others Jefferson, NC & Lond
The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles.
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George S. Patton1885–1945Often credited to Thomas Paine
