Yet we must keep in mind also that all this forethought, energy, courage, and capacity will be wasted unless at the supreme moment some man of the heroic type arises capable of using to the best advantage the powers lying ready to hand.
Following a discussion on collective effort, this statement asserts the critical role of a heroic leader in effectively deploying accumulated resources and capabilities during crucial moments.
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I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
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