“The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.”
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In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.
It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.