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| d493d37 | George Bernard Shaw made the point best: 'The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him ... The unreasonable man adapts the surrounding conditions to himself ... All progress depends on the unreasonable man. | Michael Barber | ||
| 0fc3e82 | Crises will come and go in all countries, more often in some than in others; at these moments, someone has to lead, has to make sure that while the crisis is addressed, it doesn't overwhelm the pre-existing agenda for change. Allow that, and failure beckons. Hence Harold Macmillan's famous lament about why he had not achieved more: 'Events, dear boy! Events. | Michael Barber |