"You campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose"
- Mario Cuomo, Democratic Governor, New York, 1983 - 1995
I love this quote, I read it in the weekend's Guardian relating to Barack Obama's use of words in his speeches leading up to the recent Iowa cacus.
For me, this is saying there is a time for poetry, inspiration, and a time for leadership and pragmatism. Or: get people excited, and then deliver!
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