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Logistics comprises the means and arrangements which work out the plans of strategy and tactics. Strategy decides where to act; logistics brings the troops to… — Antoine-Henri Jomini
The Reform Bill has destroyed the ancient conduits and strainers, and brings Public Opinion to act upon the government with the rapid, turbulent, and uncertain… — Robert Peel
Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts. — Roger Wicker
I'd say that I think the most revolutionary act that you can commit in our society today is to be happy. — Patch Adams
I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will… — Jarvis Cocker
A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only — that by his… — Yitzhak Shamir
If you wanna cross somebody, then do that. Don't act like it wasn't you — Suge Knight
I take very seriously the sense of our living these days in a global neighborhood. And the first sensible thing to do in such circumstances,… — Pico Iyer
We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. If you ask when, the answer is that you cannot make a single stroke… — Garet Garrett
If you do not want the State to act like a criminal, you must disarm it as you would a criminal; you must keep it… — Albert J. Nock
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. It is as if… — Georges Clemenceau
To know is to care, to care is to act, to act is to make a difference. — Harry Chapin
Similarly, knowledge of the future was incompatible with free will. What made it possible for me to exercise freedom of choice also made it impossible… — Ted Chiang
If parents wish to preserve childhood for their own children, they must conceive of parenting as an act of rebellion against culture — Neil Postman
Sleep conceals the creative act while the objective world reveals it. In sleep man impresses the subconscious with his conception of himself. — Neville Goddard
You cannot persist in wanting what you already have. If you assume you are what you desire to be to the point of ecstasy, you… — Neville Goddard
I've had a tough time learning how to act like a Congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money. — Joseph P. Kennedy III
Painting is self-discovery. You arrive at the image through the act of painting. — Adolph Gottlieb
What is the explanation of the seemingly insane drive of man to be painter and poet if it is not an act of defiance against… — Barnett Newman
It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great architecture. You cannot work… — I. M. Pei
Dreams can be like charades in which we act out words rather than see or speak them. — Jane Roberts
A banking system is an act of faith: it survives only for as long as people believe it will. — Michael Lewis
The more we remember that we are part of the networks as human beings, the more we can act as human beings and not as… — Brian Solis
In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility. — Robert McKee
A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts — a 'bundle of… — Joseph McCabe

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