The world's best swordsman doesn't fear the second best; he fears the worst swordsman, because he can't predict what the idiot will do.
David WeberGiving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority.
David WeberShe didn't know a lot about politics – yet – but she'd learned enough in her history classes to know politics could always be counted on to make a bad situation worse.
David Weber