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“The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.”

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Book:The Sorrows of Young Werther: Top Classic of German

Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther: Top Classic of German

“There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.”

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Book:A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things: As Written

Source: A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things: As Written

“When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.”

Source: A Collection of Essays

“The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.”

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Book:For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)

Source: For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)

“America is a country ready to be taken - in fact, longing to be taken - by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process.”

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Author:Arianna Huffington

“The right man is the one who seizes the moment.”

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Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.”

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Book:The Coup: A Novel

Source: The Coup: A Novel