"Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender."

-- Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

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“The Iraqis have once again failed to meet a deadline for a final draft of the constitution.”
“The kind of women I'm interested in - they're smart enough.”
“Children's books are looked on as a sideline of literature. A special smile. They are usually thought to be associated with women. I was determined not to have this label of sentimentality put on me so I signed by my intials, hoping people wouldn't bother to wonder if the books were written by a man, woman or kangaroo.”
“This world is going in all sorts of directions, but I think all you can do is get people to think about things in a different way, because sometimes people aren't even thinking.”
“The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.”
“Is it unprecedented for two goalkeepers employed in a match comprising seven goals to be the fixture's most competent protagonists?”
“My dear father! When I remember him, it is always with his arms open wide to love and comfort me.”
“Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion - several of them.”

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