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* A famous Gandhi quote: "When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it, always."

** "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|then you win]]." Although he [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|didn't actually say that]].

** One of the ringleaders of the July 20 Plot panicked when somebody almost walked in on him while he was assembling the bomb, and thus he ended up using only half as many explosives as planned, not having time to put a detonator in the second set of explosives. [[MythBusters]] confirmed that if he'd put the second explosive charge in the bag, even without a detonator, it would've been impossible for anybody in the room to survive (the blast of the first charge would've set off the second). That's not even getting into the possibility of him going back to the room after the blast to make sure it worked, which would've allowed Colonel von Stauffenberg to simply pull out his pistol and shoot the dazed Fuhrer.

* In ''Blink'', by Malcolm Gladwell, he writes about the true story of retired General Paul Van Riper, asked to play the part of the commander of the opposing force (or Red Team) in the Pentagon's Millenium Challenge wargame. Early in the mission, the Blue Team cut the Red Team's fiber-optic lines, thinking that all of Red Team's orders would now all be on tappable phone lines. Detecting no enemy communication, Blue Team then moved a fleet of ships to engage Red Team. Though Blue Team didn't hear anything, Red Team then launched a salvo of cruise missiles at the fleet that sank nearly all of them, resulting in 20,000 simulated casualties. When asked how he could possibly coordinate that attack, Riper replied that he had used motorcycle couriers, coded messages inside prayers, and flashlight signals - "Don't any of you remember World War Two?" Two days after the attack, however, he recieved word that the clock was being turned back - all of his cruise missiles were miraclously shot down by a new missile defense system. In addition, he was told that he had to power down his radar and pull back his forces so that Blue Teams ground forces could land without interference - and Blue Team won the now scripted battle.