In Russia There Are No Roads -

They Wanted Me To Be A Washington.

A Commander-in-chief Cannot Take As An Excuse For His Mistakes In Warfare An Order Given By His Sovereign Or His Minister When The Person Giving The Order Is Absent From The Field Of Operations And Is Imperfectly Aware Or Wholly Unaware Of The Latest State Of Affairs. It Follows That Any Commander-in-chief Who Undertakes To Carry Out A Plan Which He Considers Defective Is At Fault; He Must Put Forward His Reasons, Insist On The Plan Being Changed, And Finally Tender His Resignation Rather Than Be The Instrument Of His Army's Downfall.

Great Men Are Meteors Designed To Burn So That Earth May Be Lighted.

I Have Only One Counsel For You - Be Master.

Never Depend On The Multitude, Full Of Instability And Whims; Always Take Precautions Against It.