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James Strock
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“Jefferson was a genius, the historian Joseph Ellis has noted, at concealing contradictions within abstractions. The Virginian who insisted “that all men are created equal” arrived in Philadelphia attended by opulently attired slaves. 36 His declaration coupled universal principles with an implausibly long list of offenses—twenty-seven in all—committed personally by George III: that’s why the complete document can’t be quoted today without sounding a little silly. Nor did Jefferson, any more than Paine, say anything about what kind of government might replace that of the British tyrant. Details weren’t either patriot’s strength. Had they been, independence might never have been attempted, for details dim the flames fireships require. They disconnect ends of arguments from their beginnings. That’s why Paine and Jefferson thought it necessary first to tilt history, and only at that point to begin to make it. Rhetoric, their lever, had to be clearer than truth, even if necessary an invers
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“As General George S. Patton stated: “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.”
― Reagan on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Great Communicator
― Reagan on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Great Communicator
“—Select your inner circle with care. Your choice of those who populate your inner and outer lives is of defining significance.”
― Serve to Lead: Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership System
― Serve to Lead: Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership System
“When all is said and done the greatest quality required in a commander is “decision”; he must be able to issue clear orders and have the drive to get things done. Indecision and hesitation are fatal in any officer; in a [commander-in-chief] they are criminal. —FIELD MARSHALL MONTGOMERY OF EL ALAMEIN”
― Reagan on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Great Communicator
― Reagan on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Great Communicator
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“Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'.”
― Goldfinger
― Goldfinger
“Half of these aren't even Machiavelli.
Some are Plato, Thucydides etc....doesnt anyone check these?”
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Some are Plato, Thucydides etc....doesnt anyone check these?”
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“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?”
― Men and Women and Other Poems
Or what's a heaven for?”
― Men and Women and Other Poems
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
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“Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it.”
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