There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false …

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There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away. ✨ Winston Churchill (1986). The Hinge of Fate, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away. ✨ Winston Churchill (1986). The Hinge of Fate, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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