Common Scaling Factor

Famous quotes containing the words common and/or factor:

    “The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another ... is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.”
    —Adam Smith (1723–1790)

    “Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive. The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.”
    —Mao Zedong (1893–1976)