"There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates."

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Source : "War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton, 1947.

George S. Patton

#Loyalty Quotes #Army Quotes #Men Quotes

“Quality is abundant. Time is the new scarcity.”
“It has been estimated that 80 percent of the oil illegally smuggled out of Iraq under oil for food ended up in the United States.”
“In a Democracy, the real rulers are the dexterous manipulators of votes, with their placemen, the mechanics who so skillfully operate the hidden springs which move the puppets in the arena of democratic elections. Men of this kind are ever ready with loud speeches lauding equality; in reality, they rule the people as any despot or military dictator might rule it.”
“... scientific research is compounded of ... empirical procedures, general speculative ideas, and mathematical or abstract reasoning.”
“As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.”

Source : Myriam Miedzian (2002). “Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence”, p.64, Lantern Books
“Old age is wasted on the elderly: the young know what to do with it-insist on something different.”

Source : Herbert Gold (1994). “Bohemia: Digging the Roots of Cool”, Touchstone Books
“Thus the eternal God, our Lord, gives victory to those who follow His way over apparent impossibilities.”
“Slowly the foreign air enter me. I feel tingles and sensations. My life becomes a fantasy. Cannabis now rules thee.”

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