A leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it. Ken Follett, ‘Fall of Giants’ - Attrib to US President Woodrow Wilson
''Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly, I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.'' Theodore Roosevelt