Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.
When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go, I think. Nine more years. Two years and I'm dead. The power of numbers...
(n.) pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.