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The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
Approximate author period: c. 1958 AD · modern
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- Colin Powell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1958 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Colin Powell: documented activity in 1958. Wikidata Q150851, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150851 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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