... the leader the witches did not have was Granny Weatherwax. (W)
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'...the big thing about Cohen is ... he's contagious.'
'You mean like a plague carrier?' 'It's like a mental illness, sir. Or magic. He's as crazy as a stoat, but ... once they've been round him for a while, people start seeing the world the way he does. All big and simple. And they want to be part of it.' (LH) Mobs become uncertain very quickly, in view of the absence of a central brain ... (CJ)
A leader should know all about truth and honesty, and when to see the difference. (Truck)
Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare becoming a mere lower-class brawl. (CP)
'Make them think. Tell them what's got to be done, and let them work out how.' (N)
That was their law. The strongest man led. That made sense. At least, it made sense to strong men. (N)
Born leaders didn't like being led. (LH)
'... Carrot takes an interest. He doesn't even think about it. He makes space in his head for people. He takes an interest, and so people think they're interesting. They feel .... better when he's around.' (J)
Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants. (GO)
She called it vamp-till-ready journalism, hanging back until the public position was overwhelming; in that way nobody would get into trouble with the public, or have nasty letters in their in-tray. (JD)She called it vamp-till-ready journalism, hanging back until the public position was overwhelming; in that way nobody would get into trouble with the public, or have nasty letters in their in-tray. (JD)
'Cometh the hour, cometh the … whatever. General comethness, perhaps.' (UA)
'The place where we look for witches is at the centre of things.' (ISWM)
'I make it my business. I'm a witch. It's what we do. When it's nobody else's business, it's my business,' said Tiffany quickly. (ISWM)
'The way to retain power I have always thought, is to ensure the absolute unthinkability of oneself not being there.' (UA)
… authority must back up authority, in public at least, otherwise there is no authority, and therefore the senior authority is forced to back up the junior authority, even if he, the senior authority, believes the junior authority is a tiresome little tit. (UA)
'University Council at the time took the decent view that it might be the moment for a leader who was not stupid, mad or dead. Admittedly, most of these are not exactly qualifications in the normal sense, but I like to think that the skill of leadership, tactics and creative cheating that I learned on the river stood me in good stead.' (UA)
That was the big problem with being a witch. It was up to you. It was always up to you. (W)
Unlike wizards, who like nothing better than a complicated hierarchy, witches don’t go in much for the structured approach to career progression. It’s up to each individual witch to take on a girl to hand the area over to when she dies. Witches are not by nature gregarious, at least with other witches, and they certainly don’t have leaders.
Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn’t have. (WS) He was a sergeant, he told himself, which meant that he was paid more than a corporal, which meant that he thought more expensive thoughts. (AM)
'It’s not lying when you do it to officers!' (MR)
Even if it’s not your fault it’s your responsibility. (HFS)
'He’s a sergeant, and they don’t deserve no respect at all sir. I should know. They’re cunning and artful, if they’re any good. I wouldn’t mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever.' (MR)
Polly had been soldiering for only a couple of days, but already an instinct had developed. In summary, it was this: lie to
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