As quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55786-664-3 (1994), by Robert DeMaria, Jr., Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 252–256.
“In spirituality the Americans are very inferior to us. But their society is very superior to ours”
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher
As quoted in The life of Vivekananda and the Universal Gospel, 5th edition (1960) by Romain Rolland, p. 74
C. West Churchman (1913–2004) American philosopher and systems scientist
Source: 1960s - 1970s, The Design of Inquiring Systems (1971), p. 238 as cited in: Charles François (2006) "Ethics and enlightened personal responsibility" in: Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management. C.West Churchman and Related Works Series Volume 2, 2006, pp 161-168
Paul Glover (1947) Community organizer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; American politician
http://www.paulglover.org/9103.html (Ithaca Times, letter to editor), March 1991 <br class="br">Context: “War fans spit on the principles of the American Revolution when they charge obediently wherever their president points our flag. Many flag-wavers know little about the U. S. Constitution, but can explain soap operas and football in detail.”
Daniel McCallum (1815–1878) Canadian engineer and early organizational theorist
Chandler commented: To illustrate more clearly these lines of authority, McCallum drew up a detailed chart-certainly one of the earliest organization charts in an American business enterprise. (p. 103)
Source: Report of the Superintendent of the New York and Erie Railroad to the Stockholders (1856), p. 40. Partly cited in: Chandler (1977, p. 102)
Lucian Truscott (1895–1965) Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Quoted in Command Missions, A Personal Story, New York, 1954,
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Alexis De Tocqueville (1805–1859) French political thinker and historian
Journeys to England and Ireland (1835).
1830s
Theodore Kaczynski book Industrial Society and Its Future
"Autonomy", item 43
Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)
“Obedience is not servility. On the contrary the servile are never rightly obedient.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) Catholic bishop
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 76
“Liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.”
William Penn (1644–1718) English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania
As quoted in Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn : Who Settled the State of Pennsylvania, and Founded the City of Philadelphia (1827) by S. C. Stevens, p. 117
