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"The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals." »Rensis Likert
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"Kindness and compassion toward all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one culture or community of people. Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bull fighting and rodeos are cut from the same fabric: violence. Only when we have become nonviolent toward all life will we have learned to live well ourselves." »Cesar Chavez, letter
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"Committee--a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done." »Fred Allen
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"On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men." »Ignazio Silone
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"When a person identifies himself with a group his critical faculties are diminished and his passions enhanced by a kind of emotive resonance. The individual is not a killer, the group is, and by identifying with it, the individual becomes one. This is the infernal dialect reflected in man's history." »Arthur Koestler
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"... it's simply wrong to always order kids to stop that fighting. There are times when one child is simply defending his rights and damned well should be fighting." »Erma Bombeck
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"I am sailing out along parallel 32.5 to stress that this is the libyan border. This is the line of death where we shall stand and fight with our backs to the wall. (On planning confrontation with US Sixth Fleet in Mediterranean)" »Muammar Qaddafi
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"“The power trust is nothing more than a select group of dictators, with the same goals and objectives - but unlike the brutal dictators we study in history - this select group prefers to operate in the dark, behind banks, governments, politicians, companies, and so forth.”" »John Rocco Savalli
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"The islamic Republic is proud to be the target of the rage of the world's greatest Satan. in response to George W. Bush's assertion of Iran as part of an axis of evil" »Ayatullah Khamenei
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"Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening." »Barbara Tober
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"Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story." »Lincoln Steffens
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"What is a committee A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary." »Richard Harkness
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"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing." »Sir Ralph Richardson
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"It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country." »Homer
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"My wallpaper and i are fighting a duel to death. One or the other has to go." »Oscar Wilde
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"The knowledge, wealth, and development gaps among nations is reducing and the reign of superpowers is shortening. Just look at the history of the Roman, islamic, Russian and British empires, the newer the power the shorter the reign. In the economic and business worlds the same power cycles apply. Ford, IBM, Nokia and other companies all lost their leadership position to newer companies." »Med Jones
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"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." »Plato
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"The knowledge, wealth, and development gaps among nations is reducing and the reign of superpowers is shortening. Just look at the history of the Roman, islamic, Russian and British empires, the newer the power the shorter the reign. In the economic and business worlds the same power cycles apply. Ford, IBM, Nokia and other companies lost their leadership position to newer companies faster than their predecessors" »Med Jones
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"Be kind - Remember every one you meet is fighting a battle - everybody's lonesome." »Marion Parker
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"Speculations and loans in foreign fields are likely to bring us into war... The war-for-profit group has counterfeited patriotism." »Charles Lindberg Sr., 1915
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"The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert." »Vince Lombardi
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." »Margaret Mead
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"'The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.' I agree with the second part." »Ernest Hemingway
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"It's the Brady Act taking manpower and crime-fighting capability off the streets." »Dennis Martin
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"Love is everything it's cracked up to beIt really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for." »Erica Jong
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"The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting." »Sun-tzu
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""I know names. I know who's behind it. I know about the big group in Texas. But I could prove nothing. I'm snuffed, any way you look at it. So here is where my end begins."
Lee Harvey Oswald, July 29, 1963 New Orleans" »Judyth Vary Baker
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"A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday." »Russell Wayne Baker
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"At group L, Stoffel oversees six first-rate programmers, a managerial challenge roughly comparable to herding cats." »Washington Post Magazine, June 9, 1985
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"Jury: a group of twelve men who, having lied to the judge about their hearing, health and business engagements, have failed to fool him." »H. L. Mencken
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