Part 6
number9dream (2001)
“We must substitute courage for caution.”
“A moral point of view too often serves as a substitute for understanding in technological matters.”
Source: 1960s, Understanding Media (1964), p. 245
“The highest obligation of a soldier is not to die in war but to live through it.”
P. 127. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10937449-the-highest-obligation-of-a-soldier-is-not-to-die
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”
“Mr Thornton was a freelance trumpeter of the highest quality.”
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [1971] 2QB 163; 1 All ER 686.
Judgments
“The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession,”
Scientia enim rei bellicae dimicandi nutrit audaciam: nemo facere metuit quod se bene didicisse confidit.
De Re Militari (also Epitoma Rei Militaris), Book I, "The Selection and Training of New Levies"
Context: The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession, and he only wants an opportunity to execute what he is convinced he has been perfectly taught. (Book 1)
“Courage, combined with stupidity, does not make successful soldiers.”
Source: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 133
“There is no human quality more attractive than the courage of the weak.”
Home Fires (2011), Reflection 1
Fiction
"Live" with Thomas Sowell https://www.aei.org/publication/live-thomas-sowell/, The American Enterprise, September 2004.
2000s
“To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities.”
Australian of the Year Government Site http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/page75.asp
