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title: "2 Deck Quotes By Ely Culbertson"
description: "2 Deck quotes by Ely Culbertson. Plus more from Ely Culbertson and more Deck sayings from other authors."
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> [A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those above it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ely-culbertson/a-deck-of-cards-is-built-like-the-purest-of-hierarchies-with-every/)

[Ely Culbertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ely-culbertson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/ely-culbertson-46214_cards_a-deck-of-cards-is-built-like-the-purest_791977.png)

> [A deck of cards was built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it and a lackey to those above it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ely-culbertson/a-deck-of-cards-was-built-like-the-purest-of-hierarchies-with-every/)

[Ely Culbertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ely-culbertson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/ely-culbertson-46214_built_a-deck-of-cards-was-built-like-the-pures_2193515.png)

## Other authors on Deck

## More by Ely Culbertson

> [The bizarre world of cards is a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments are meted out immediately.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ely-culbertson/the-bizarre-world-of-cards-is-a-world-of-pure-power-politics-where/)

[Ely Culbertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ely-culbertson/)

> [The sum of all technical knowledge cannot make a master contract player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ely-culbertson/the-sum-of-all-technical-knowledge-cannot-make-a-master-contract/)

[Ely Culbertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ely-culbertson/)

> [God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ely-culbertson/god-and-the-politicians-willing-the-united-states-can-declare-peace/)

[Ely Culbertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ely-culbertson/)

> [A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ely-culbertson/a-deck-of-cards-is-built-like-the-purest-of-hierarchies-with-every/)

[Ely Culbertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ely-culbertson/)

> [Power politics is the diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ely-culbertson/power-politics-is-the-diplomatic-name-for-the-law-of-the-jungle/)

[Ely Culbertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ely-culbertson/)

> [We must conquer war or war will conquer us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ely-culbertson/we-must-conquer-war-or-war-will-conquer-us/)

[Ely Culbertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ely-culbertson/)

> [A deck of cards was built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it and a lackey to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ely-culbertson/a-deck-of-cards-was-built-like-the-purest-of-hierarchies-with-every/)

[Ely Culbertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ely-culbertson/)

> [I had always been fascinated by the bizarre world of cards. It was a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ely-culbertson/i-had-always-been-fascinated-by-the-bizarre-world-of-cards-it-was-a/)

[Ely Culbertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ely-culbertson/)

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