Men who find themselves late are never sure. They are all the things the civics books tell us the good citizen should be: partisans but never zealots, respectors of the facts which attend each situation but never benders of those facts, uncomfortable in positions of leadership but rarely unable to turn down a responsibility once it has been offered . . . or thrust upon them. They make the best leaders in a democracy because they are unlikely to fall in love with power.
About This Quote
About Stephen King, The Stand
Stephen King, The Stand.
Themes
- Leadership — Guiding others with vision, integrity, and purpose
- Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power