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• A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
  Less good when they obey and acclaim him. Worse when they fear and despise him....
• A leader is best When people barely know he exists Not so good when people obey and acclaim him.
  Worse when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you...
• Some people are like a callus; they always show up when the work is finished.
• When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster. -- Lao Tse, TAO TE CHING: 72
• Begin difficult things when they are easy. Do great things when they are small.
  The difficult things of the world must once have been easy....
• Homer: Shame on all of you. Give me my dignity! I just came here to see "Honk If You're Horny" in peace.
  Manager: Sir, if you'd just quiet down, I'd be happy to treat you to a garbage bag full of popcorn....
• To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Churchill was given to reading in the bathtub and, while staying at the White House
  he once became so engrossed in an account of the Battle of Fonteney that he forgot President Roosevelt was due to drop by to discuss the upcoming conference in Yalta....
• Incompetence tends to increase with the level of work performed.
  And, naturally, the individual's staff needs will increase as his level of incompetence increases....