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James MacGregor Burns has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all…
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To elevate the goals of humankind, to achieve high moral purpose, to realize major intended change, leaders must thrust themselves into the…
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Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That…
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Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.
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A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
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Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.
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Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an…
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Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.
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Such leadership occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another…
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The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs.
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Leadership, in short, is power governed by principle, directed toward raising people to their highest levels of personal motive and social morality,
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Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed…
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The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way…
— Pope John Paul II
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That is the dignity of America, the reason she exists, the condition of her survival, yes, the ultimate test of her greatness:…
— Pope John Paul II
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The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks…
— Gaylord Nelson
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To be true to one's self is the ultimate test in life. To have courage and the sensitivity to follow your hidden…
— Flo Hyman
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The first order of things to be changed is me, the leader. After I consider how hard it is to change myself,…
— John C. Maxwell
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Self-mastery is a challenge for every individual. Only we can control our appetites and passions. Self-mastery cannot be bought by money or…
— James E. Faust
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When you get to my age, you’ll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have…
— Warren Buffett
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For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.
— Mary Lou Retton
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Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.
— Robert Crippen
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The ultimate test of a society's freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it's how it treats its…
— Glenn Greenwald
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A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
— Pope John Paul II
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