Don’t change your leader or your basic position when part-way through a campaign or a project .
Don’t change horses in midstream
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Don't change horses in midstream'?
What's the origin of the phrase 'Don't change horses in midstream'?
From an 1864 speech by Abraham Lincoln, in reply to Delegation from the National Union League who were urging him to be their presidential candidate. ‘An old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams.”
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