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A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
James MacGregor Burns
Act
Authority
Class
Revolution
Violence
Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.
James MacGregor Burns
Leadership
Politics
Management
Ethics
In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.
James MacGregor Burns
Life
Advice
Leaders
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 be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership.
James MacGregor Burns
Leadership
People
Conscience
Nation
Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.
James MacGregor Burns
Leaders
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