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Robert Moses regularly threatened to resign when he did not get his way and was not primarily worried about being fired.

Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026

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“Far from being worried about getting fired, Moses would constantly threaten to quit whenever he didn't get his way. Under Mayor Wagner, one aide said that, quote, "It seemed like he was resigning about one thing or another about twice a day," end quote.”
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