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James MacGregor Burns Quotes: Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.
         

Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.


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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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