“Humanity, like armies in the field, advances at the speed of the slowest.”
Source: Love in the Time of Cholera
“The speed of the fleet is not determined by the fastest vessel; rather it is determined by the slowest one.”
Wen Jiabao (2007) cited in: Joseph Kahn, China isn't looking to replace U.S., prime minister says http://web.archive.org/web/20070317185030/http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/16/news/beijing.php, The International Herald Tribune, 16 March 2007
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