"Leadership is always a lonely race." - Kevin Rudd, quoted by David Marr, quoted by Samantha Maiden in the Weekend Australian June 5-6 2010.
The rest of this quote can be found on page 40 of Quarterly Essay number 38 by David Marr Power trip: the political journey of Kevin Rudd
It can also be found in my list of quotes:
Quotes that caught Lili's eye
http://incorrectpleasures.blogspot.com/2006/11/lilis-favourite-quotes-autists-are.html
2 comments:
It's lonely at the top. Is it? If one isolates oneself, distrusts others and won't delegate like the former PM, it would be lonely. I'm glad this uxorius man is no longer.
"... is no longer."
I do hope you are only referring to his term as PM.
uxorius - no such word can be found in my C.O.D. but I did find the word "uxorious" which means excessively fond of one's wife. I think it is very strange that such a word exists, let alone that anyone would find reason to use it. You would have more admired a PM who cheated on his wife, like Bob Hawke?
And why was Rudd wrong to distrust others? We now know he had every reason to distrust the ALP. What a nest of vipers.
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