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The Power Broker #1: Robert Caro

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The Importance of Understanding Consequences

The book's opening quote emphasizes the idea that one cannot judge the events of the moment without knowing their consequences. It suggests that it's essential to understand the long-term impact of actions before determining their rightness or wrongness. Additionally, there is uncertainty about the original source of the quote from Sophocles.

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