Moses’s early failure came from ignoring greed, self-interest, and the drive for power

Evidence

But Moses had failed in his calculations to give certain factors due weight. He had not sufficiently taken into account greed. He had not sufficiently taken into account self-interest. And, most of all, he had not sufficiently taken into account the need for power. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 376

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Young Moses discussed government obsessively but never money — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 331; Young Moses disregarded finances and funded major work through his parents — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 450; Moses concluded reform methods could never achieve large-scale dreams — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 970