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It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.
Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.
We cannot always assure the future of our friends we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
A leader who confines his role to his people’s experience dooms himself to stagnation a leader who outstrips his people’s experience runs the risk of not being understood.