In God's name, the soldiers will fight and God will give the victory.
Si je n'y suis, Dieu m'y mette; et si j'y suis, Dieu m'y tienne.
Military Strategists
Joan of Arc
The peasant girl who reversed France's fortunes in the Hundred Years' War and was burned at the stake at age nineteen (1412-1431). Joan of Arc's campaigns proved that moral conviction and psychological warfare could shatter an enemy's will more effectively than tactical superiority — and that legitimacy is the ultimate strategic weapon.
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Let the boy win his spurs.
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Act, and God will act.
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