The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult. (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord)

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

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