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Firefly: Now that you're Secretary of War, what kind of an army do you think we oughta have? Chicolini: Well, I tell you what I think. I think we should have a standing army. Firefly: Why should we have a standing army? Chicolini: Because then we save money on chairs.

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Cyril Northcote Parkinson

Cyril Northcote Parkinson (born July 30, 1909 in Barnard Castle, County Durham - died March 9, 1993 in Canterbury, Kent) was a naval historian and author of some sixty books, the most famous of which was his best seller Parkinson's Law , which led him to be also considered as an important scholar within the field of public administration.

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