As long as I am back in my military life for a second, I should like to observe one thing about leadership that one of the great has said — Napoleon. He said, the great leader, the genius in leadership, is the man who can do the average thing when everybody else is going crazy.

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general, US President (1953–61)

Speech, Republican National Committee Meeting (17 Apr 1956)