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David M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
“One of the wise, practical people around the table” urged Johnson not to press for civil rights in his first speech, because there was no chance of passage, and a President shouldn’t waste his power on lost causes—no matter how worthy the cause might be. “The presidency has only a certain amount of coinage to expend, and you oughtn’t to expend it
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
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Lloyd George frequently emphasized to me in conversation that one feature that distinguished a first-rate political leader from a second-rate politician is that the former was always careful to avoid making any definite statement that could be subsequently refuted, as he was likely to be caught out in the long run.
B.H. Liddell Hart • Why Don't We Learn from History?
Though Bates initially viewed Lincoln as a well-meaning but incompetent administrator, he eventually concluded that the president was an unmatched leader, “very near being a perfect man.”
Doris Kearns Goodwin • Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
