But this is only true in part.

Lord Leverhulme can work very well with men who are not fools.
When I told him of Mr.Lloyd George's remark, "Well, I don't know," he replied, "I have been working with other men all my life!" Yes, but this, too, expresses only part of the truth.

He has been working with these other men as an accepted master.
It is not so in politics.

There a man of power cannot pick and choose his colleagues.

He must work with fools as well as men of ability.