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The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 quotes about leadership
A minister’s (cabinet member’s) function was not to DO the work but to see that it got done.
— Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
Duty was not untinged by ambition.
— Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
Diplomacy’s primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.
— Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
House Speaker Thomas Reed could destroy an argument or expose a fallacy in fewer words than anyone else. His language was vivid and picturesque. He had a way of phrasing things which was peculiarly apt and peculiarly his own.
— Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.
— Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors.
— Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn’t responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care.
— Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
What other country has had the privilege of making the world’s heart beat faster?
— Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
William McKinley was a man made to be managed.
— Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
Everything interested him and everything excited him.
— Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
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