Political leadership

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The buck stops here.

Harry Truman

Phrase on a sign on Harry Truman's desk in the White House.

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Truman, Harry S. Sign on Truman's desk during his presidency. c. 1945.

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

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Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

To govern is to choose.

Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis

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Levis, Pierre Marc Gaston. "Maximes de Politique." Maximes et reflexions sur differents sujets. Paris, 1808, no. 19.

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Huxley, Aldous. Ends and Means (an Enquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization). Chatto & Windus, 1937, ch. 8.

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Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Age of Uncertainty. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1977, ch. 12.

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Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

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Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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Themistocles. Quoted in "Themistocles." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 2, sect. 3.

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Themistocles. Quoted in "Themistocles." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 2, sect. 3.

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Disraeli, Benjamin. Vivian Grey. Vol. 4, London: Henry Colburn, 1826, bk. 6, ch. 7.

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Truman, Harry S. Memo to himself. c. 1954.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1801, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Baruch, Bernard M. Quoted in "Bernard Baruch, Financier, Dead." The New York Times, 21 June 1965.