In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
Walter Lippmann
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- The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
- The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
- Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.
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