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“Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.”

Mean Individual Groups Achieve Civilization Adaptation Ongoing Combining

Book:Parable of the Sower

Source: Parable of the Sower

“There exists no third principle for the organisation of the economics process which can be rationally chosen to achieve any desirable ends, in addition to either a functioning market in which nobody can conclusively determine how well-off particular groups or individuals will be, or a central direction where a group organised for power determines it.”

Wells Ends Individual Process Principles Groups Achieve Particular Economics Thirds Determine Chosen Desirable Organisation Organised

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“Leadership is about setting a direction. It's about creating a vision, empowering and inspiring people to want to achieve the vision, and enabling them to do so with energy and speed through an effective strategy. In its most basic sense, leadership is about mobilizing a group of people to jump into a better future.”

People Want Energy Vision Groups Achieve Creating Strategy Speed Setting Settings Empowering Enabling Better Future

Book:Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World

Source: Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World

“By identifying with the powerful, the disempowered achieve a measure of safety, at least for a moment. By doing the bidding of those in power, they become a necessary part of the system, useful so long as they serve to contain the stirrings and strivings of the oppressed. By making the rules and values of their oppressor their own, they separate themselves from the rest of their group and, temporarily at least, assuage the pain of their stigmatized status.”

Long Moments Pain Values Powerful Groups Achieve Safety Strive Oppression Oppressed Oppressors Stirring Identifying Bidding

Book:Erotic Wars: What Happened to the Sexual Revolution?

Source: Erotic Wars: What Happened to the Sexual Revolution?

“So it would be a good thing for Chinese parents to instill enthusiasm among their kids for football. It's a great game, not only regarding the emotions behind it, but it's also a game for young people to gain experience of working in a bigger group and work to achieve goals.”

People Would Be Kids Young Games Parent Goal Emotion Behinds Groups Achieve Football Gains Bigger Good Things Enthusiasm Chinese Instill Achieving Goals

Author:Berti Vogts

“Genocide involves the attempt to achieve the disappearance of a group by whatever means. It does not have to be violent, it could be a combination of policies that would lead to a certain group dying out.”

Mean Doe Certain Groups Achieve Dying Policy Violent Combination Genocide Disappearance

Author:Malcolm Fraser

“If I'm selecting a group, the first thing I look for is a record of achievement . . . If (candidates achieve) in small things, there's a very good chance they'll perform well in big things.”

Ifs Firsts Wells Looks Bigs Chance Records Groups Achieve Achievement Very Good Candidates Big Things Small Things Good Chance

Author:Edmund Hillary

“Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.”

Men Groups Achieve Criticize Divided

Author:Seneca the Younger