"To know in war how to recognize..." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“For one change always leaves a dovetail into which another will fit.”

“Politics have no relation to morals.”

“There is nothing that Nature seems to have inclined us to as much as society.”

“Do not search for SUCCESS off in the distance, but instead recognize it and grasp it right where you are!”

“Take a good rest, small bird," he said. "Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.”

“Opportunity is in the person, not the job.”

“What is also true is that partly because my docket was really full here, so I couldn't be both chief organizer of the Democratic Party and function as Commander-in-Chief and President of the United States. We did not begin what I think needs to happen over the long haul, and that is rebuild the Democratic Party at the ground level.”

“Like the cobra, you remain coiled in a loose but compact position and your strike should be felt before it is seen.”

“It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.”