“It's the Idea that wins every time — the Idea with brains and guts behind it.”
John Buchan book The House of the Four Winds
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The House of the Four Winds (1935)
“In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.”
Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
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