Quote by Walter Lippmann
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation whi

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. – Walter Lippmann

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Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between good men and bad men. – Walter Lippmann

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Politics
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In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority. – Walter Lippmann

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Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism. – Walter Lippmann

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The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time. – Henry Ford

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The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If youre not working, youre not interesting. – Elisabeth Rohm

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You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory. – Harold S. Geneen

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The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings. – Erykah Badu

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Business

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