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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.
— John Updike
Tags: men, world, people, leadership

Other Quotes by "John Updike"

Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey.
— John Updike
Tags: writing, life, inspirational-quotes
What interests me is why men think of women as witches. It's because they're so fascinating and exasperating, so other.
— John Updike
Tags: think, men, me, women
Perhaps I have written fiction because everything unambiguously expressed seems somehow crass to me; and when the subject is myself, I want to jeer and weep.
— John Updike
Tags: everything, want, me, myself
Belief, like love, must be voluntary.
— John Updike
Tags: belief, must, like, love
New York, like the Soviet Union, has this universal usefulness: It makes you glad you live elsewhere.
— John Updike
Tags: like, new, live, you
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