“And when statesman or others worry [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions.” ShouldWorryToo MuchScientistPossessionStatesmenFatherland Author:Tycho Brahe
“The blurring of the line between policy and strategy] encouraged soldiers to make the preposterous claim that policy should be subservient to their conduct of operations, and (especially in democratic countries) it drew the statesman on to overstep the definite border of his sphere and interfere with his military employees in the actual use of their tools.” ShouldCountryUseLinesMilitaryPolicyToolsClaimsStrategyDemocraticSoldierOperationsBordersEmployeeSpheresInterfereDefiniteStatesmenSubservientDemocratic Country Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln: I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes.” IfsShouldTwoIdeasHoursMinutesGladChiefsOccasionsIf I CouldDedicationSpeakersBattlefieldsStatesmenCemeteryGettysburg Author:Abraham Lincoln
“Government prohibitions do always more mischief than had been calculated; and it is not without much hesitation that a statesman should hazard to regulate the concerns of individuals, as if he could do it better than themselves.” IfsShouldGovernmentIndividualLibertyConcernMischiefStatesmenProhibitionHesitationHazards Author:Albert Gallatin