Quotes About Fatuity

Purpose without power is mere weakness and deception; and power without purpose is mere fatuity.

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I actually shivered at the insincerity that gripped me as I spoke these words: their falseness was shameful. I was sure my coolness would return. I'd just been caught with my guard down. But at the moment I was in shambles. Walking along the deck (adopting my old casual swagger), I jollied up the troops with small talk, put on a frozen grin, and kept murmuring to myself with rhythmic fatuity: You love the marine Corps, it's a terrific war, you love the Marine Corps, it's a terrific war...

One can hardly find a more perfect example of the impotence and fatuity of waging war by committee, or rather by groups of committees.