"Leadership is one of the most observed and……" — James MacGregor Burns

"Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth."

— James MacGregor Burns

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12 Quotes by James MacGregor Burns

James MacGregor Burns has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes,…
To elevate the goals of humankind, to achieve high moral purpose, to realize major intended change, leaders must thrust themselves…
Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday…
Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.
A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.
Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account…
Such leadership occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise…
The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs.
Leadership, in short, is power governed by principle, directed toward raising people to their highest levels of personal motive and…
Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us.…

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More Earth Quotes

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The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and… — Neil Armstrong
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for… — Neil Armstrong
I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much… — Neil Armstrong
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on… — Margaret Atwood
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. — Marcus Aurelius
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. — Michele Bachmann

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