“I think every leader has an obligation - the absolute obligation - to treat everyone fairly. But they also have the obligation to treat everyone differently. Because people aren't all the same, and the last thing you ever want to do, in my opinion, is let the best in your organization be treated like the worst in your organization. It does nothing for your future.” PeopleThinkingWantDoeLastsLeaderOpinionWorstOrganizationTreatsAbsolutesObligationTreatedOur FutureYour Future Author:Jack Welch
“Isn't atheism just another religion?' No, it isn't. Atheism has no creeds, rituals, holy book, absolute moral code, origin myth, sacred spaces or shrines. It has no sin, divine judgment, forbidden words, prayer, worship, prophecy, group privileges, or anointed 'holy' leaders. Atheists don't believe in a transcendent world or supernatural afterlife. Most important, there is no orthodoxy in atheism.” WorldBelieveImportantBookPrayerSinSpaceLeaderMoralGroupsAtheismDivineHolyJudgmentWorshipAbsolutesSacredDon't BelieveAtheistPrivilegeMythCodeRitualAfterlifeCreedsProphecyForbiddenOrthodoxyTranscendentShrinesMoral CodeHoly BooksSacred Space Author:Dan Barker
“The media and even, to some degree, leaders of women's organizations don't understand that the women's movement is an absolute part of society now. It is in the consciousness, it is taken for granted. It is part of the way women look at themselves, and women are looked at.” WayLooksConsciousnessLeaderTakenMediaMovementDegreesOrganizationAbsolutesGrantedTaken For Granted Author:Betty Friedan
“The Bible is not considered an accurate, absolute, authoritative, or authoritarian source but a book to be experienced and one experience can be as valid as any other can. Experience, dialogue, feelings, and conversations are equated with Scripture while certitude, authority, and doctrine are to be eschewed! No doctrines are to be absolute and truth or doctrine must be considered only with personal experiences, traditions, historical leaders, etc. The Bible is not an answer book.” BookFeelingsAnswersLeaderSourceConversationAuthorityTraditionAbsolutesHistoricalScriptureDoctrineDialogueEtcAccuratePersonal ExperiencesCertitude Author:Brian D. McLaren
“Although the notion of one god may give comfort to those in need of a daddy, it reminds the rest of us that the totalitarian society is grounded upon the concept of God the father. One paternal god, one paternal leader. Authority is absolute.” NeedsGivingMayFatherLeaderComfortAuthorityConceptsAbsolutesNotionGroundedDaddyThose In Need Book:Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia Source: Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia
“Jeremy Corbyn couldn't have won without Labour changing its leadership election rules in 2014, but which more importantly got rid of the electoral college that had given MPs a third of the say over who leads the party. That's why Diane Abbott came last when she ran for leader in 2010, even though in the absolute number of votes she came third out of five. It's one of those wonderful historical ironies that the change to the rules was a victory for the Labour right, the result of a push back against the unions who had been asserting themselves more forcefully within the party.” LastsGivenResultsPartyNumbersLeaderFiveWonderfulCollegeVictoryVoteThirdsAbsolutesElectionUnionsHistoricalIronyRanLabourElectoral CollegeMps Author:Alex Nunns
“It's quite possible to arrive in the year 2030 where people are no longer dying of poverty. We could actually help lead a global end-not a reduction, but an end-to absolute poverty...I have always found that a committed, powerful group of leaders, can make a huge difference.” PeopleYearsEndsHelpingFoundDifferencesPowerfulLeaderPovertyGroupsDyingHugeAbsolutesCommittedReductionEnding PovertyGlobal Poverty Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power structures and these power structures tend to be taken over by people who are corruptible. I don't think that the old saw about 'power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely' is accurate: I think power attracts the corruptible.” PeopleThinkingNumbersMistakeLeaderTakenSawsAbsolutesStructureFollowingAccurateCharismaticAbsolute PowerPower CorruptsAbsolute Power Corrupts Absolutely Author:Frank Herbert
“As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and by attacking the structural causes of inequality, no solution will be found for the world’s problems or, for that matter, to any problems.” PeopleWorldLongMatterStatesProblemGovernmentFoundCausesPoorLeaderLordCitizensPoliticianSolutionsAbsolutesFinancialInequalityGrantsHorizonHealthcareAutonomySpeculationAttackingDisturbedHeedRejecting Author:Pope Francis