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It was the old problem he had described in the memo years before. Afraid of leading , he had assumed a background role, but then resented those who stepped forward: “Having set myself apart from the group, sort of pushed aside my real function as leader (by experience and training) the quality turns into its opposite, that of political distemper: from leader to arrogant punk. What a transformation!”

David Horowitz’s dad, on his changing role in the CP.