"Political Affairs" - Page 1005 by Earl Browder.
“He who seizes the right moment is the right man.”
“Hannibal was victorious, but he did not know later how to make good use of his victorious fortune.”
Vinse Hanibàl, et non seppe usar poi
ben la vittoriosa sua ventura.
Canzone 103, lines 1–2
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life
“The moment of greatest peril is the moment of victory.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
"The Origins of the Military Dictatorship of Hindenburg and Ludendorff" by Jon Bridgman - 1960
Attributed in 1861, as quoted in The Life of Abraham Lincoln: Drawn from Original Sources https://books.google.com/books?id=3WMDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA124&dq=%22What+must+he+think+of+us%22 (1900), Volume 3, New York: Lincoln History Society, p. 124
Posthumous attributions
“Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.”
As quoted in Inside the Monster : Writings on the United States and American Imperialism (1975) by José Martí, as translated by Elinor Randall, p. 27
“We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history.”
State of the Union address (January 27, 2000)
2000s
“Seize from every moment it's unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.”
“There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass.”
Vintage, p. 9
Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (1965)
Context: The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass. It is at this point that propaganda can be most effective.
