A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from
behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.
-- Edward Abbey
behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.
-- Edward Abbey
Related:
- Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
Edward... - Truth is always the enemy of power. And power the enemy of truth.
Edward... - The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is
prepared to die at any time.
Edward... - Money confers the power to command the labor of others.
Love of money is love of power. And love of power is... - Simplicity is always a virtue. One kid on a riverbank working out a Stephen
Foster tune on his new harmonica heard from the correct esthetic distance
projects more magic and power than the entire Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus
laboring (once again) through the Mozart Requiem or Bach's B Minor Mass.
Edward... - The industrial way of life leads to the industrial way of death.
From Shiloh to Dachau, from Antietam to Stalingrad... - All power rests on hierarchy: An army is nothing but a well-organized lynch
mob.
Edward... - Power means having to
respond... - Power means not having to
respond...
