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"A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another."
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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."

"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."

"The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair."

"Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them."

"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty."
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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."

"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."
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