“States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all.” StatesOrganisationRetaliation Author:John Bruton
“There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.” ShouldWritingHappensTodayResponsibilityAcceptingAuthorityTraditionBritishMinistersPrimePrime MinisterChairmanPublic LifeOrganisationResignation Author:Gavyn Davies
“One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational head of the organisation.” KnowsImportanceSymbolicBin LadenOrganisationEliminating Author:Eric Holder
“What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce. ... Men must want to do things of their own innermost drives. People, not commercial organizations or chains of command, are what make great civilizations work. Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness - they cannot work and their civilization collapses.” PeopleIfsMenWantHumansRealSeemsIndividualQualityGreatnessProduceDependsCivilizationIntelligenceLoyaltyCommandChainsUrgesCollapseCommerceOrganisationChain Of Command Author:Frank Herbert