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“One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.” (George Bernard Shaw)
- The Apple Cart (1928), Act I
Spoken by the character Proteus, the Prime Minister in a satirical play about political philosophies. The quote is preceded by, “If you all start quarreling and scolding and bawling, which is just what he wants you to do, it will end in his having his own way as usual, because one man that has a mind…” The “he” that is referenced here is the King in the play.





