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"Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it."
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"There's nothing like a military man, even out of uniform."

"The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn."

"What is samkit (enlightened view; right belief)? One has to realize the complete authoritative power, and accept everyone's worldly authority. People abuse their acquired authority and consequently loose their right for human birth (manushyapanu). Accept whatever authority one has."

"The one who never rebukes his underhand will have no boss in this world!"

"We' (the Gnani Purush, the enlightened one) do not have the time to prove that 'ours' is correct; nor do 'we' have the time to make you correct as well."

"The one, who likes to have an 'underhand', will inevitably come across a 'boss'!"

"It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty."
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"When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better."


"Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections."


"Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business."


"It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history."
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