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«Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.»
Author: Douglas Bader | About: Rules | Keywords: guidance, obedience, Wise Men
«No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country ever yet been able to face the world, upon the principles of the Sermon on the Mount.»
«Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.»
«Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.»
«My first rule of travel is never to go to a place that sounds like a medical condition and Critz is clearly an incurable disease involving flaking skin.»
«Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind»
Author: Douglas MacArthur (General) | About: Rules | Keywords: lazy, mostly
«Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.»
«My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences with Providence»
«None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have»
«My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.»

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