Ted Cruz (1970) American politician
Source: #DefundPlannedParenthood: https://www.tedcruz.org/l/defund-planned-parenthood/ On Facebook September 29, 2015.
“Being mean makes you stupid. That's why I hate fights. You never do your best work in a fight, because fights are not sufficiently general. Winning is always a function of the situation and the people involved. You don't win fights by thinking of big ideas but by thinking of tricks that work in one particular case. And yet fighting is just as much work as thinking about real problems.”
"Mean People Fail", November 2014
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“Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.”
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This is cited to to Rommel's Infanterie Greift An [Infantry Attacks] (1937) in World War II : The Definitive Visual History (2009) by Richard Holmes, p. 128, and Timelines of History (2011) by DK Publishing, p. 392, but to George S. Patton, in Patton's Principles : A Handbook for Managers Who Mean It! (1982) by Porter B. Williamson as well as Leadership (1990) by William Safire and Leonard Safir, p. 47
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Source: Rommel: In His Own Words
“Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.”
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