“Ralph had lost real power by trying to gain the appearance of power. He was a leader. But he was following a program for leaders; therefore, he was a follower… he was, as he put it, a high-level mediocre.”

—  Warren Farrell

Source: Why Men Are the Way They Are (1988), p. 9.

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