Ruben

“Man fights with his mind. His hands and his weapons are simply extensions of his will, and one of the fallacies of our era is the notion that equipment is the equivalent of force.”
― Jeff Cooper, To Ride, Shoot Straight, And Speak The Truth

“I love people as I meet them one by one. People are just wonderful as individuals. You see the whole universe in their eyes if you look carefully. But as soon as they begin to group, as soon as they begin to clot, when there are five of them or ten or even groups of smallest two, they begin to change, they sacrifice the beauty of the individual for the sake of the group.”
― George Carlin

“The fear of the violent and the lawless is no less a tyranny than the edicts that come from the Emperor’s throne.”
― Timothy Zahn, Allegiance

“Despite their inglorious end, the legions remain to this day, thousands of years after their creation, the most pre-eminent example of how detailed organization, tight discipline, and inspiring leadership can take a group of individuals and turn them into a winning team.”
― Stephen Dando-Collins, Legions of Rome: The definitive history of every Roman legion