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A party leader, unlike an entertainment celebrity, does not owe his eminence to intrinsic personality traits; he owes his eminence to a position within a large and complex organization. The personalities of party leaders are variable: there is little that George Lansbury, Clement Attlee and Hugh Gaitskell had in common as individuals, except that each was a leader of the Labour Party. Similarly, Winston Churchill, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Edward Heath differ in personality from each other; yet each has been a post-war leader of the Conservative Party.
He who wishes to command must know how to obey. Robert Michels
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Rose, R. (1974). The Complexities of Party Leadership. In: The Problem of Party Government. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01854-3_13
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