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James MacGregor Burns

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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


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


— James MacGregor Burns


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


— James MacGregor Burns


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


— James MacGregor Burns


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Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox
Roosevelt: Soldier of Freedom 1940-1945 publiJames MacGregor Burnsd with Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1970 (ISBN 0-15-602757-7). in order to realize goals mutually held by both leaders and followers.

However there are cons also associated with this theory. His values are based upon the values upheld by the signers of the Declaration of Independence: life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Burns' work has influenced other transformational leadership theorists such as Bernard Bass Bruce Avolio Kenneth Leithwood and many others.

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