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“When a Banker jumps out of a window, jump after him - that's where the money is.”

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Maximilien Robespierre was a French lawyer and revolutionary politician who played a significant role in the French Revolution. He is best known for his leadership of the Committee of Public Safety, which was responsible for the Reign of Terror. more

“I believed the people had a true instinct in most matters of government when left alone. That they were not swayed, as specially favoured individuals were, by personal interest, but rather by a sense of what best served the common good. That they recognized the truth when it was put before them, and that a leader can guide so long as he kept to the right lines. I did not think it was a mark of leadership to try to make the people do what one wanted them to do.”

People Thinking Trying Long Matter Government Wanted Individual Left Interest Lines Common Leader Mark Instinct Guides Common Good Left Alone Personal Interest

Author:William Lyon Mackenzie King

“I've always found that you can control people better if you don't see too much of them.”

People Ifs Found Too Much

Book:Mackenzie King: Widening the Debate

Source: Mackenzie King: Widening the Debate

“Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.”

Way Needs Giving Real Hard Facts Reality Faces Order Dangerous Tendencies Inclination

Author:William Lyon Mackenzie King

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