In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Battle Preparation War

Speaker

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Quoted in Six Crises, written by Richard Nixon. Doubleday, 1962.

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Kwame Nkrumah
Source
Consciencism
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Nkrumah, Kwame. Consciencism. Monthly Review Press, 1964, ch. 2.

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God has pity on kindergarten children.
He has less pity on school children.
And on grownups he has no pity at all,
he leaves them alone,
and sometimes they must crawl on all fours
in the burning sand
to reach the first-aid station
covered with blood.

Yehuda Amichai

God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children

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Yehuda Amichai
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God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children
Medium
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Language
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Time
1955 1950s 20th century
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Amichai, Yehuda. "God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children." Now and in Other Days. 1955.