Character Quote by Gordon R Dickson

“An ethical man survives in a bureaucratic post only if he puts his ethics in second place.” quote by Gordon R Dickson — Download Open image

“An ethical man survives in a bureaucratic post only if he puts his ethics in second place.”

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Intelligencecall it intellectual capacityalone can be helpless in a situation where knowledge or experience is required.

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A bureaucracy is like a living creature, with instincts of self-preservation and an urge to control all things for its own protection.

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Each man is a tool in his own hands. Mankind is a tool in its own hands.

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The soldier loves action; the politician the sound of his own voice.

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The Spanish language has a number of ... poetically insulting curses to throw at your enemy; and the words 'su madre' are in most…

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The man who hints that you are a thief is almost sure to have a large, vulnerable area of dishonesty in his own inner…

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Progress is made by the friction of opposites. The human creature climbs upward using first his right hand and then his left.

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When you pick up an inch of the present to move it, you also pick up several thousand years of history.

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