Gloria Borger is the author of The Gordian Knot, a guide to the art of governing. The book is based on interviews with former French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle.
Borger: "To govern is to decide, to choose between solutions which always have advantages and disadvantages" She says: "The reason for universal suffrage is to choose leaders who have the legitimacy to make decisions" The book was published in 1967 and is available in English, French, Spanish and German.