A meditation on power and reluctance

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Originally published byPhilippine Daily Inquirer

I sometimes think the rarest political talent is not brilliance, not popularity, not even courage—but the ability to say no when the whole world is already applauding your yes. In the United States, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman gave a sentence so clean it still sounds like it was carved out of stone: “If nominated, I […]...

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