"Of the second-rate leaders people speak respectfully..." - Quote by Lao Tzu
Of the second-rate leaders people speak respectfully saying, "He has done this, he has done that." Of the first-rate leaders, they do not say this. They say, "We have done it all ourselves."
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“At no point, at a very important point: that of having convinced the Indians that they can do things.”