| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 18611 |
| QUOTATION: | In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Dwight D. Eisenhower (18901969), U.S. general, Republican politician, president. Quoted by Richard Nixon in Krushchev, Six Crises (1962).
One of Eisenhowers favorite maxims. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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