Famous quotes containing the words division, order and/or battle:
“The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his primitive activity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“The sick man is taken away by the institution that takes charge not of the individual, but of his illness, an isolated object transformed or eliminated by technicians devoted to the defense of health the way others are attached to the defense of law and order or tidiness.”
—Michel de Certeau (19251986)
“Any coward can fight a battle when hes sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when hes sure of losing. Thats my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
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