You who choose to lead must follow. But if you fall, you fall alone.

Don't blindly follow any leader.

Two cannot fall out if one does not choose

There could be an election this fall. So the last thing I want to do is lead to instability or speculation about my commitment to the party.

Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves / there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? / are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them. It is not the obvious tests that matter (do you go to pieces in a mortar attack?) but the unexpected ones (here is a man on the run, seeking your help / can you face him honestly?).

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.