Denis Diderot Quotes on Leadership
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The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.
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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.