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In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading.

J. F. C. Fuller
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Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system.
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I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool.
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