"The art of leading, in operations large or small, is the art of dealing with humanity, of working diligently on behalf of men, of being sympathetic with them, but equally, of insisting that they make a square facing toward their own problems."

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Source : "Men Against Fire : The Problem of Battle Command in Future War". Book by S.L.A. Marshall, p. 160, 1954.

Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

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“The average Ph.D. Thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.”

Source : A Texan in England ch. 1 (1945)
“Almost everything that almost everyone believes is wrong.”
“Martin Luther was asked, what would you do if tomorrow the world would come to an end, and he said, 'I would plant an apple tree today.' This is a real good answer. I would start shooting a movie.”
“Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates.”

Source : María Mies, Vandana Shiva (1993). “Ecofeminism”, Zed Books
“The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad. One transformed millions of acres of uncultivated land into fertile farms, while the other furnished the transportation which carried the crops to distant markets.”

Source : John Moody (2013). “The Railroad Builders (Volume 38 Chronicles of America)”, CreateSpace
“Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.”
“The plain fact is: religion must die for mankind to live.”
“I still have goals. Seeing those doubters out there, it's gonna be funny seeing them eat their words.”

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