The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.
Sun TzuThe control of large numbers is possible, and like unto that of small numbers, if we subdivide them.
Sun TzuThe proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, they will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and their incomes dissipated.
Sun Tzu