"It may be useful to remember that a peacetime political machine is built essentially on patronage."

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

David Galula

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“I think I should be on the main stage. I don't think I'm an undercard candidate. I think the others should drop out.”
“Moral crusaders with zeal but no ethical understanding are likely to give us solutions that are worse than the problems.”
“Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us - a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead.”
“Remember what people used to say about meditation? Now everyone is doing it.”
“The killing of everyone was the easy part, the most difficult part was lathering them up and shaving them, that's the part that freaked me out the most in [Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ].”
“The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the societyâ€™s values, can force it to change.”

Source : FaceBook post by Samuel R. Delany from Jun 20, 2014
“I'm not saying you need to take a break because you're crazy. I'm saying you need to take a break so you can be crazy, and people aren't going to judge you. You're going to do dumb stuff from here on out. But do it in your own time. Do it safely. You can afford to protect yourself and still have fun.”
“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

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