"Paradoxically, preserving liberty may require the rule of a single leader-a dictator-willing to use those dreaded 'extraordinary measures, which few know how, or are willing, to employ.'"

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Source : Michael A. Ledeen (2007). “Machiavelli on Modern Leadership: Why Machiavelli's Iron Rules Are As Timely And Important Today As Five Centuries Ago”, p.173, Macmillan

Michael A. Ledeen

#Leader Quotes #Historical Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“I think a lot of women feel like they have to choose between making movies or making a family.”
“Don't ask me to put up a shelf, but I love engineering.”
“Vince McMahon said alright, we're going to call you the Blue Blazer.”
“When a man or a woman holds fast to youth, even if successfully, there is something of the pitiful and the tragic involved. It is the everlasting struggle of the soul to retain the joy of earth, whose fleeing distinguishes it from heaven, and whose retention is not accomplished without an inner knowledge of its futility.”
“Confusion is the first step toward clarity”

Source : Syd Field (2008). “The Screenwriter's Workbook: Exercises and Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating a Successful Screenplay, Newly Revised and Updated”, p.134, Delta
“I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.”
“Think What You Do When You Run in Debt: You Give to Another Power over Your Liberty”
“The scare quotes burn off like fog.”

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