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

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

Only tough guys get to run for president. Some of that toughness helps them when they lose.

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

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.

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