Word: patton
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...General George C. Patton wrote in his diary, in April of 1943: "The trouble is that we lack leaders of sufficient strength of character...
...Lacked leaders? Patton's leaders in 1943 were Franklin D. Roosevelt and General George C. Marshall. Winston Churchill was also on the team. Patton was a fierce field commander and an almost mystical student of military history, but headlong narcissism impaired his sight from time to time. He had trouble judging those in power over him. We all do. Either we are infuriated by people who outrank us, or we overvalue those in whom we have invested hopes. Trusting leaders involves risks, acts of faith...
...primitive version of a telephone hot line installed on the wall near the head of the bed. A few mementos. Down the hall is the dumbwaiter by which FDR hauled himself up and down from the first floor in his wheelchair, pulling on ropes with counterweights. I wonder what Patton would have said about leadership and character if he had seen Roosevelt hauling himself upstairs in the dumbwaiter...
...wistfully egotistical, decorated on the theme of himself, with movie posters of himself and the TIME Man of the Year cover illustration of himself. Richard Nixon wanted to outfit his White House guard in elaborate Graustarkian uniforms, a tinhorn spectacle of power, but was embarrassed out of the idea. Patton, too, was a great one for designing gaudy special uniforms for himself and his troops. George C. Scott's "Patton" was Nixon's favorite movie. If Nixon could have worn a brace of ivory-handled pistols, he might have done...
...screenplay for the alien invasion classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” The movie’s debut marked the beginning of an incredible career for North, who would go on to win Oscar honors for co-authorship of “Patton.” After his death in 1990, North’s activism on behalf of screenwriters was recognized with the ascription of his name to the Guild’s highest honor, the Founders Award...