Who said “France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war.”?

“All quiet along the Potomac to-night, no sound save the rush of the river, while soft falls the dew on the face of the dead, the picket's off duty forever.”

“Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.”

“No battle is worth fighting except the last one.”

“Pick battles big enough to matter, but small enough to win.”

“A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.”

“How can you govern a country that has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?”

“Old age is a shipwreck.”

“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.”

“The graveyards are full of indispensable men.”

“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”

“Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.”