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“There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must be not attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.” Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.” Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“For a closed society is not open to ideas of progress—and a police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.” John F. Kennedy, State of the Union Address

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