“Disagree and commit” is a good policy for servants and subordinates (which seems to be context it’s meant for). Among free and equal men, “When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth and tell the whole world, ‘No, you move’” is better: if you disagree, you don’t actually have to commit to whatever the consensus decision is.
“Disagree and commit” is a good policy for servants and subordinates (which seems to be context it’s meant for). Among free and equal men, “When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth and tell the whole world, ‘No, you move’” is better: if you disagree, you don’t actually have to commit to whatever the consensus decision is.