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The General

«The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.»
«The general outlook is not that the person has died but that the person has lived.»
«The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.»
«The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals»
«To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education»
«The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other»
«The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.»
«The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.»
«The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree of happiness possible to the general mass of those associated under it.»
«The play, I remember, pleased not the million; 'twas caviar to the general»

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