Carolina QuotesThe leader may be chosen by the people, but he is guided by the right; and, in the same way, we may say that the worker may be employed by anyone, but that he is directed by the autonomous ideal in the task.
Richard M. Weaver Carolinian
Source
p. 76
- work
- Ideas have Consequences (1948)
- year
- 1948
- locator
- p. 76
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