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James MacGregor Burns Quotes: A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
         

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.


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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 to higher levels of motivation and morality.



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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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The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs.



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The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.



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



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Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.



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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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