There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.
Winston Churchill (1986). “The Hinge of Fate”, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.