Even self-interested dissembling proved impossible for Moses before the electorate.

Evidence

Why couldn’t a man as skilled as Moses at manipulating and charming people he needed, charm the voters now that he needed them, conceal from them his philosophy and personality, persuade them—at least for a period of a few weeks—that he understood and sympathized with their aims and aspirations and wanted to help them achieve those aims? Why couldn’t he keep the voters from knowing—at least for a period of a few weeks—what he thought of them? — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 1855

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The acquisition of power transformed Moses’ character into overt arrogance — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 1066; Being stripped of power freed Moses’s imagination but left it with nowhere to act — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 4666; Moses needed to display superiority more than he wanted power. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 1858 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Moses needed to display superiority more than he wanted power. #corroborates (0.85) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 1858
• The acquisition of power transformed Moses’ character into overt arrogance #contradicts (0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 1066
• Being stripped of power freed Moses’s imagination but left it with nowhere to act #complicates (0.70) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 4666