That's the primary thing I learned, you cannot fight a war without public support. And the second thing is, you cannot, no matter what mighty army you are conquering a foreign land, you cannot win against an insurgency that springs from the population with their traditions and their religion and their culture. Never has been done in history.
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PEP GUARDIOLA Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to... CESAR CHAVEZ The Only thing wrong with internet, is that you cannot touch it. MATT SMITH Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you aga... EPICTETUS Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you agai... EPICTETUS A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it. ZORA NEALE HURSTON I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again - my Life seems to s... JOHN KEATS No one can live without relationship. You may withdraw into the mountains, become a monk, a sannyasi... JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their ... MALCOLM X The greatest fight is when you are fighting in the smoke and cannot see with your eyes. MARK HELPRIN This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, ... KATE DICAMILLO I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any ... JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI You cannot live without lawyers, and certainly you cannot die without them. JOSEPH H. CHOATE You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral ... WILLIAM BLAKE It's an innate thing, ... It's a Tiger Woods thing, it's a Jack Nicklaus thing. And that's what you ... CHRIS KNUTSEN Unity is power; without unity women cannot fight for their rights anywhere. NAWAL EL SAADAWI You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that... PHILLIP C. MCGRAW Of course, I quiet agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable dis... C.S. LEWIS We're stuck. We're stuck between the East and the West. 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