I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them …

E. M. Forster
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper. ✨ E.M. Forster (1951). Two Cheers for Democracy
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