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Judgment without character is expediency... or worse.

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Almost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big, backward-looking Goliath. They always have an enemy.
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I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.
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