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The Vowel-less Knights #6
And now, for more in the tradition of the Vowel-less Knights:
1. Th cnvntnl rm lss f t ds nt wn. Th grrll wns f h ds nt ls.
2. n vlr r thr qls; n ncsst, th lst nd strngst wpn, thr sprrs.
3. Wr-mkng s n f th fw ctvts tht ppl r nt sppsd t vw "rlstcll"; tht s, wth n t xpns nd prctcl tcm.
1. Th cnvntnl rm lss f t ds nt wn. Th grrll wns f h ds nt ls.
2. n vlr r thr qls; n ncsst, th lst nd strngst wpn, thr sprrs.
3. Wr-mkng s n f th fw ctvts tht ppl r nt sppsd t vw "rlstcll"; tht s, wth n t xpns nd prctcl tcm.
Hint
1. Spoken by a former Secretary of State, the first foreign born politician that people tried to change the U.S. Constitution for, in order to allow him to become President.2. Spoken by the Roman historian most people know.
3. Written by a modern essayist, at the start of the AIDS era.
Answer
1. The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.Bonus: Henry Kissinger.
2. In valor you are their equals: in necessity, the last and strongest weapon, their superiors.
Bonus: Titus Livius, aka Livy, the most quoted Roman historian.
3. War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view "realistically"; that is, with an eye to expense and practical outcome.
Bonus: Susan Sontag, from "AIDS and its Metaphors".
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