"To imagine that it is possible to..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.”

“When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.”

“I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers”

“One bad general is worth two good ones.”

“Never in history has the navy landed an army at the planned time and place. But if you land us anywhere within 50 miles of Fedela and within 1 week of D-Day. I'll go ahead and win.”

“You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines.”

“My brother thinks he's a chicken-We don't talk him out of it because we need the eggs”

“Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet on the other one -- this is business.”

“Both the President and Mr Gorbachev have said that they want to see a world without nuclear weapons. I cannot see a world without nuclear weapons. Let me be practical about it. The knowledge is there to make them. So do not go too hard for that pie in the sky because, while everyone would like to see it, I do not believe it is going to come about.”