Gnu Lesser General

Famous quotes containing the words lesser and/or general:

“It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. It is not contrary to reason for me to choose my total ruin, to prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian, or person wholly unknown to me. It is as little contrary to reason to prefer even my own acknowledged lesser good to my greater, and have a more ardent affection for the former than the latter.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)

“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.”
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)