“Give me a man or a woman with common sense and who is not an idiot and I assure you can make a leader out of him or her.”

— Sam Manekshaw

During a lecture on leadership quoted in [Field Marshal KM Kariappa Memorial Lectures, 1995-2000, http://books.google.com/books?id=Eux31FCNj8MC&pg=PA21, 2001, Lancer Publishers, 978-81-7062-119-5, 21–]

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