If you're Ted Kennedy and you call Bill Clinton to say, 'Look, you have to dial this down, this is not dignified', Clinton could come back and say, 'Hey, at least Monica is still alive.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Politicians may dismiss calls for dignity by pointing to personal scandals or trivialities.
- In plain terms
- Leaders deflect criticism about behavior by highlighting worse personal issues.
- What can you take from it?
- Political dignity is often undermined by personal scandals.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines political dignity?
- How do scandals affect leadership?
Another view
Dignity standards vary across contexts and cultures.
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