Not many of us will be leaders; and even those who are leaders must also be followers much of the time. This is the crucial role. Followers judge leaders. Only if the leaders pass that test do they have any impact. The potential followers, if their judgment is poor, have judged themselves. If the leader takes his or her followers to the goal, to great achievements, it is because the followers were capable of that kind of response.
There is a particular danger with a war that God commands. What if God should lose? - Garry Wills
There is a particular danger with a war that God commands. What if God should lose?
- Garry Wills
Not many of us will be leaders; and even those who are leaders must also be followers much of the time. This is the crucial role. Followers judge lea… - Garry Wills
Not many of us will be leaders; and even those who are leaders must also be followers much of the time. This is the crucial role. Followers judge lea…
To "bear arms" is, in itself, a military term. One does not bear arms against a rabbit. - Garry Wills
To "bear arms" is, in itself, a military term. One does not bear arms against a rabbit.
The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers. ... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally nece… - Garry Wills
The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers. ... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally nece…
Politicians make good company for a while just as children do - their self-enjoyment is contagious. But they soon exhaust their favourite subjects - … - Garry Wills
Politicians make good company for a while just as children do - their self-enjoyment is contagious. But they soon exhaust their favourite subjects - …
Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other. - Garry Wills
Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other.
If a nation wishes, it can have both free elections and slavery. - Garry Wills
If a nation wishes, it can have both free elections and slavery.
The whole point of free expression is not to make ideas exempt from criticism but to expose them to it. - Garry Wills
The whole point of free expression is not to make ideas exempt from criticism but to expose them to it.
The romantic artist, off alone in his storm-battered castle, fuming whole worlds from his brain, reflects his culture's most persistent myth, of God … - Garry Wills
The romantic artist, off alone in his storm-battered castle, fuming whole worlds from his brain, reflects his culture's most persistent myth, of God …
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