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title: "2 Exercise Power Quotes By James MacGregor Burns"
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> [The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/the-practice-of-leadership-is-not-the-same-as-the-exercise-of-power/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

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> [“equal, hierarchical, or unrelated? These relationships also define the exercise of power as a collective act. A psychological”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/equal-hierarchical-or-unrelated-these-relationships-also-define-the/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

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## More by James MacGregor Burns

> [Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separate institutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/let-us-face-reality-the-framers-of-the-constitution-have-simply-been/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/ambition-must-be-made-to-counteract-ambition-the-interest-of-the-man/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/woodrow-wilson-called-for-leaders-who-by-boldly-interpreting-the/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> ["Teachers"... treat students neither coercively nor instrumentally but as joint seekers of truth and of mutual actualization. They help students define moral values not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/teachers-treat-students-neither-coercively-nor-instrumentally-but-as/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/in-real-life-the-most-practical-advice-for-leaders-is-not-to-treat/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/the-practice-of-leadership-is-not-the-same-as-the-exercise-of-power/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [“equal, hierarchical, or unrelated? These relationships also define the exercise of power as a collective act. A psychological”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/equal-hierarchical-or-unrelated-these-relationships-also-define-the/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [To elevate the goals of humankind, to achieve high moral purpose, to realize major intended change, leaders must thrust themselves into the most intractable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/to-elevate-the-goals-of-humankind-to-achieve-high-moral-purpose-to/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [“above all, Locke’s transforming idea that government was established and maintained by the consent of the governed, in which all men had an equal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/above-all-locke-s-transforming-idea-that-government-was-established/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/leaders-are-not-pale-reflectors-of-major-social-conflicts-they-play/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an historic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/those-who-remember-only-that-the-roosevelts-served-hot-dogs-to-the/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [“Politics seemed to have fallen to a new wartime low of spite and pettiness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/politics-seemed-to-have-fallen-to-a-new-wartime-low-of-spite-and/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [“licentiousness has seldom produced the loss of liberty; but that the tyranny of rulers has almost always effected it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/licentiousness-has-seldom-produced-the-loss-of-liberty-but-that-the/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [“as a luxury liner, it had been converted to wartime use; with blacked-out portholes and gray camouflage paint, it had”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/as-a-luxury-liner-it-had-been-converted-to-wartime-use-with-blacked/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

> [“above all, Locke’s transforming idea that government was established and maintained by the consent of the governed, in which all men had an equal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/above-all-locke-s-transforming-idea-that-government-was-established-2/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

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