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Line 52: − + − The phrase "David against Goliath" is a proverbial description for a contest (mainly in sports) in which one opponent is a huge underdog to the other, but manages to win nonetheless (an example is Maryland-Baltimore County, a #16 seed in the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, defeating overall #1 seed Virginia, the first time a #16 had defeated a #1 in the men's tournament).
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The famously cynical political scientist [[Nicolo Machiavelli]] once said that the best way to fight is with weapons that we know and understand, and not with weapons that others use, however efficacious they might appear. Machiavelli credits the "lesson" of David and Goliath with giving him this insight.<ref name=Macchiavelli>[[Nicolo Machiavelli|Machiavelli, Nicolo]]. "[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/machiavelli-prince.html#CHAPTER%20XIII Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One's Own]." ''[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/machiavelli-prince.html The Prince]''. 1513. Retrieved May 29, 2007 from the [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html The Medieval Sourcebook] at [[Fordham University]].</ref>
The famously cynical political scientist [[Nicolo Machiavelli]] once said that the best way to fight is with weapons that we know and understand, and not with weapons that others use, however efficacious they might appear. Machiavelli credits the "lesson" of David and Goliath with giving him this insight.<ref name=Macchiavelli>[[Nicolo Machiavelli|Machiavelli, Nicolo]]. "[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/machiavelli-prince.html#CHAPTER%20XIII Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One's Own]." ''[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/machiavelli-prince.html The Prince]''. 1513. Retrieved May 29, 2007 from the [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html The Medieval Sourcebook] at [[Fordham University]].</ref>
Today, "Goliath" is a common name for a very large machine or other artifact — However the German [[Goliath tank]] of [[World War II]] was a tiny, unmanned remote-controlled vehicle..
Today, "Goliath" is a common name for a very large machine or other artifact — However the German [[Goliath tank]] of [[World War II]] was a tiny, unmanned remote-controlled vehicle. The phrase "David against Goliath" is a proverbial description for a contest (mainly in sports) in which one opponent is a huge underdog to the other, but manages to win nonetheless (an example is Maryland-Baltimore County, a #16 seed in the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, defeating overall #1 seed Virginia, the first time a #16 had defeated a #1 in the men's tournament).
Goliath has been celebrated as an "action hero" in [[Italy|Italian]] [[motion picture|cinema]], and in this regard continues to illustrate the Biblical statement that certain giant-sized men, called [[Nephilim]], were "the mighty men that were of old, men of renown."<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=6|verses=1-4|version=NASB}}</ref>
Goliath has been celebrated as an "action hero" in [[Italy|Italian]] [[motion picture|cinema]], and in this regard continues to illustrate the Biblical statement that certain giant-sized men, called [[Nephilim]], were "the mighty men that were of old, men of renown."<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=6|verses=1-4|version=NASB}}</ref>