People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

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"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."

- George Orwell

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"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history."

- George Orwell

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"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."

- George Orwell

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"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it."

- George Orwell

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"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

- George Orwell

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"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

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"Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability."

- Harvey Mackay

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"Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first."

- Angela Ahrendts

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"Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure."

- Stanley McChrystal

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"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage."

- Jack Welch

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