"...like listening to a very charming mountain speak..."

So says Philip Levine about poet Adam Fitzgerald. He published The Late Parade in 2013.

Dwight D. Eisenhower on leadership

 “Now, look, I happen to know a little about leadership. I’ve had to work with a lot of nations, for that matter, at odds with each other. And I tell you this: You do not lead by hitting people over the head. Any damn fool can do that, but it’s usually called ‘assault’ — not ‘leadership.’” He went on: “I’ll tell you what leadership is. It’s persuasion, and conciliation, and education, and patience. It’s long, slow, tough work. That’s the only kind of leadership I know, or believe in, or will practice.”

Jon Meacham, NY Times, December 29, 2017, Donald Trump and the limits of the Reality TV Presidence