Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force,”
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“Eternal peace is a dream - and not even a beautiful one.”
-- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder -
“The Jews form a state, and, obeying their own laws, they evade those of their host country. the Jews always considered an oath regarding a Christian not binding. During the Campaign of 1812 the Jews were spies, they were paid by both sides, they betrayed both sides. It is seldom that the police investigate a robbery in which a Jew is not found either to be an accomplice or a receiver.”
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“Strategy is a system of expedients”
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“In the last analysis, luck comes only to the well prepared.”
-- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
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