Woland

“Anyone who falls into the habit of thinking and expecting the best of his subordinates at all times is, for that reason alone, unsuited to command an army”
― Carl von Clausewitz, On War

“Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“it is better to act and repent than not to act and regret.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Letters of Machiavelli : A Selection

“I know that fewer people are won over by the written word than by the spoken word and that every great movement on this earth owes its growth to great speakers and not to great writers.”
― Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf