September 27, 2004

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Thoughts for the day...

    By Jack Grant

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
   -Peter Drucker

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
   -Will Durant

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
   -John Adams

...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
   -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Posted by Jack Grant at 13:19 on 27 September 2004
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I think John Adams and I would have gotten along just fine. ; )

Posted by: Key at September 28, 2004 12:38 AM



























































































































































































































































































































































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