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“Culture, more than rule books, determines how an organization behaves.” Warren Buffett, The Essays of Warren Buffett

“I would say that today, dishonesty is the rule, and honesty the exception. It could be, statistically, that more people are honest than dishonest, but the few that really control things are not honest, and that tips the balance.” Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

“The existence of a free market does not of course eliminate the need for government. On the contrary, government is essential both as a forum for determining the 'rules of the game' and as an umpire to interpret and enforce the rules decided on.” Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom

“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories.” Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia

“Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.” Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

“Virtues are, in the popular estimate, rather the exception than the rule.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

“The lie made into the rule of the world.” Franz Kafka, The Trial

“Now the worst part of the punishment is that he who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself.” Plato, The Republic

“The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club.” Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

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The Trial (1)
Notes on the State of Virginia (1)