...whenever it is necessary that one of several conflicting opinions should prevail and when one would have to be made to prevail by force if need be, it is less wasteful to determine which has the stronger support by counting numbers than by fighting. Democracy is the only method of peaceful change that man has yet been discovered.
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The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefully feel for pressure points. If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Suggest a recess or another meeting.
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.
That government is best which governs least.
That government is best which governs least.
Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects.
Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects.
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists.
Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists.
Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.
Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
Ideology has very little to do with "consciousness" -- it is profoundly unconscious.
Ideology has very little to do with "consciousness" -- it is profoundly unconscious.
