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  • There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those responsible for their affairs are themselves dwelling in a fool's paradise.

    Winston Churchill (1986). “The Hinge of Fate”, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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