CHAPTER 7
TOXIC LEADERSHIP
After a saguaro dies, its tough, woody ribs can be used in roofs, fences, and furniture. Birds often nest in the saguaros by pecking out holes called saguaro boots. Native Americans used these boots as water containers before canteens were available.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men …
—Lord John Dalberg Acton
If a way to be better there be, it lies in taking a full look at the worst.
—Thomas Hardy
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