Does raining on your parade deflate your leadership bubble?

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst:

March 12

In the late summer of 1864 a veteran on furlough was asked whether the soldiers wanted Lincoln re-elected. 'Why of course they do. We all re-enlisted to see this thing through and Old Abe must re-enlist too. He mustered us in and we'll be damned if he shan't stay where he is until he has mustered us out.'

'We'll know the kind of person you are when we come to know the people you surround yourself with.'

- Anonymous