Let The People Decide

Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (1807�74), in the French Revolution, allegedly said as the Mob streamed off on yet another bloodthirsty venture:

There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.

ref: http://www.bartleby.com/73/1021.html

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It is remarkable that Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (1807�74) should have said such a thing during the French Revolution, since he was born a number of years after the French Revolution ended. (Actually, the man allegedly said something of the sort during the February days of the 1848 Revolution.)

ref: http://www.bartleby.com/73/1021.html

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-- JohnReynoldsTheStudent

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TomDeMarco says something similar in Slack (ISBN 0-767907-69-8 ):

"Directing an entire organization is hard. Seeming to direct it, on the other hand, is easy. All you have to do is note which way the drift is moving and instruct the organization to go that way."

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see HowShouldWeDecide