"Relying on luck, however, does not constitute a policy."

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Source : David Galula (2006). “Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice”, p.47, Greenwood Publishing Group

David Galula

#Luck Quotes #Doe Quotes #Policy Quotes

“Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.”
“Individual capitalists, in short, necessarily act in such a way as to de-stabilize capitalism.”
“You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the other side of the gravestone.”
“The Universe responds to specificity.”
“The one-child policy was based on some faulty science and had, as an ambition, reining in Chinese population growth, so as to enhance the per capita wealth of the country.”

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“I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory.”
“I went right to Chicago to do improv [after law school], but I wish I had gone, "Let me just bypass this law thing." I mean, sure, it helps you read a contract, but I can read a contract regardless. It's just common sense, contracts.”
“I know I've done the right thing but I couldn't feel worse about it, and I suppose that is part of what it is to lead.”

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