Neil Johnson

“Go then, there are other worlds than these.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

“For if there is a single dominant lesson from 1918, it’s that governments need to tell the truth in a crisis. Risk communication implies managing the truth. You don’t manage the truth. You tell the truth.”
― John M. Barry, The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History

“Those in authority must retain the public’s trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart.”
― John M. Barry, The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History