“The more routine that systematised activities are, the more nearly they are of the monotonous character seen in the habits of social animals and the less necessary are master builders; the more novel actions are, the more necessary are master builders. Dislike of the leader and the promoter, though linked emotionally to progressivism, is linked logically to total conservatism. Conversely, an authoritarian approach, natural enough in the instigator of new activities, is unjustified in the mere overseer of routines.” LeadershipDemocracyHierarchyProgressivismConservativismDirect Democracy Book:Sovereignty: An Inquiry into the Political Good Source: Sovereignty: An Inquiry into the Political Good
“The law of all modern states takes account of associations, whose members, in theory, pursue the common end with equal zeal. The experience of all associations proves, however, that this is not the case, and that a lively, constant and vigorous awareness of the end is found only in a minority of the associates; an association is really rather like a comet—a large tail of docile followers dragged along by a small dynamic head.” LeadershipDemocracyGroupsSociologySocial DynamicsGroup Action Book:Sovereignty: An Inquiry into the Political Good Source: Sovereignty: An Inquiry into the Political Good
“Democracy, then, in the centralizing, pattern-making, absolutist shape which we have given to it is, it is clear, the time of tyranny's incubation.” GivenDemocracyClearShapesPatternsTyrannyIncubation Book:On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth Source: On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth
