I can’t remember if it was a book or TV show or what but it was a story that centered around the following quote:
'If you’ve done something right, no one will know you’ve done anything at all."
Where is that from?
Is this a variant on “he who governs best governs least?” (Tom Jefferson)
or even better, Lao Tsu,
“Best is the emperor who is barely known.
Next the ruler who is loved and honored.
Then the despot who is feared.
And finally the tyrant reviled.
Govern quietly
And the people will realize
They are responsible
For their own well-being”
(or for the Lao Tsu, another nice translation of it,
“To lead people, walk beside them … As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate … When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‘We did it ourselves!’”)
It sounds more like Franklin or Churchill to me.
Ahhh the ultimate fountain of wisdom…Futurama. Thanks!