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QUOTATION:In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
ATTRIBUTION:Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), U.S. general, Republican politician, president. Quoted by Richard Nixon in “Krushchev,” Six Crises (1962).

One of Eisenhower’s favorite maxims.
 
 
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