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Re: OT: Roman General

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:57:43 -0800
Message-ID: <1106686510.729356@yasure>


Jonathan Lewis wrote:

> Someone on this newsgroup some time back
> had the quotation from a Roman general, or
> possibly Senator, about the way that people
> would re-structure the organisation when things
> went wrong because it looked as if they were
> doing something even if they weren't achieving
> anything.
>
> Does anyone remember the quotation - or even
> the name of the source.

Would you settle for this?

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them.   ~ Unknown

Thought not. ;-)

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Tue Jan 25 2005 - 14:57:43 CST

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