“Pedagogues: More than any other class of blind leaders of the blind they are responsible for the degrading standardization which now afflicts the American people.” PeopleLeaderClassResponsibleBlindBlindnessDegradingStandardization Author:H. L. Mencken
“I say, of the Congress, then, this - that its aims are mistaken, that the spirit in which it proceeds towards their accomplishment is not a spirit of sincerity and whole-heartedness, and that the methods it has chosen are not the right methods, and the leaders in whom it trusts, not the right sort of men to be leaders; - in brief, that we are at present the blind led, if not by the blind, at any rate by the one-eyed.” IfsMenWholeSpiritLeaderAimMethodBlindRateCongressChosenAccomplishmentSincerityMistaken Author:Sri Aurobindo
“The blind spot for the in the Southern Progressive Movement - as for that matter in the national [progressive] movement - was the Negro, for the whole movement in the South coincided paradoxically with the crest of the wave of racism. Still more important to the association of the two movements was the fact that their leaders were often identical. In fact, the typical Progressive reformer rode to power in the South on a disenfranchising or white-supremacy movement.” StillsTwoImportantMatterPhilosophyWholeFactsPoliticalWhiteLeaderMovementRacismBlindSouthWaveSpotsClassicProgressiveSouthernAssociationTypicalWhite SupremacyPolitical PhilosophyIdenticalSupremacyReformersBlind SpotsProgressive Movement Author:C. Vann Woodward
“The intelligent employer encourages challenge, questioning--not blind acceptance and "our Leader knows best" acclaim.” KnowsChallengesLeadershipLeaderAcceptanceCriticismIntelligentBlindQuestioningEmployersAcclaimBlind Acceptance Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“One of the painfully sobering realizations that come from reading history is the utter incompetence that is possible among leaders of whole nations and empires - and the blind faith that such leaders can nevertheless inspire among the people who are enthralled by their words or their posturing.” PeopleWholeReadingNationsLeaderInspireBlindRealizationEmpiresNeverthelessIncompetenceBlind FaithReading History Author:Thomas Sowell
“Almost no one will accept responsibility for his or her role in precipitating a crisis: not leveraged speculators, not willfully blind leaders of financial institutions, and certainly not regulators, government officials, ratings agencies or politicians.” GovernmentResponsibilityLeaderAcceptingRolesPoliticianCrisisInstitutionsBlindFinancialAgencyOfficialsRatingRegulatorsGovernment OfficialsSpeculatorsFinancial Institutions Author:Seth Klarman
“Worse than blind leaders of the blind are bland leaders of the bland.” LeaderBlindBland Author:Vance Havner