The Brutal Truth The block quotes are not needed

Imagine this; it is the first day on the job for a new employee in a highly competitive field. The boss takes this new employee into his office to give him or her some guidelines. He tells this worker he or she can do whatever it takes to be number one in his company, despite how drastic the measures may seem. The feeling this worker experienced in that situation may be similar to the way …

…examples of cruelty he will me more compassionate than those who, out of excessive mercy, permit disorder to continue..." A little bit of cruelty will take you a long way. It is a difficult concept to grasp, but he is right. What may not be morally right may be what one must do to stay in power. Although brutally honest, he is effective in his use of rhetoric, use of logic, and well supported ideas.