“Once you begin to take yourself seriously as a leader or as a follower, as a modern or as a conservative, then you become a self-conscious, biting, and scratching little animal whose work is not of the slightest value or importance to anybody.” LittlesSelfValuesAnimalLeaderModernConsciousImportanceConservativeFollowersSelf ConsciousBiting Book:The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1929-1932 Source: The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1929-1932
“Formerly, leaders of states practiced realism, but did not honor it. With them morality was violated, but moral notions remained intact. The modern governor, owing to the fact that he addresses crowds, is compelled to be a moralist, and to present his acts as bound up with a system of morality.” StatesFactsLeaderMoralModernHonorMoralityNotionBoundsCrowdsAddressesGovernorsRealismCompelledOwingMoralist Author:Julien Benda
“A brilliant analysis of leadership in democratic, authoritarian, and totalitarian states, Archie Brown's The Myth of the Strong Leader draws on a remarkably wide range of examples and is distinguished by the relevance of its insights and by the precision and clarity of their exposition. It is an absorbing read that deserves to become a modern classic of political thinking.” ThinkingStatesPoliticalStrongLeaderModernExampleDrawsDeserveDemocraticInsightWideMythBrilliantClarityRangeAnalysisClassicBrownDistinguishedRelevancePrecisionAbsorbingTotalitarian StateStrong LeadersPolitical Thinking Author:Jack F. Matlock, Jr.
“It is a modern tragedy that one of the Soviet Union's most intelligent and realistic leaders has served and died during the administration of the most ill-informed and dangerous man ever to occupy the White House.” MenWarHouseWhiteLeaderModernDangerousColdTragedyDiedIntelligentUnionsIllAdministrationWhite HouseRealisticSovietCold WarSoviet UnionDangerous ManModern Tragedy Author:George McGovern
“I'm an adult and I know what power means in the modern world. In the modern world, power is mainly defined by such factors as the economy, defence and cultural influence. I believe that in terms of defence, Russia is without any doubt one of the leaders because we are a nuclear power and our nuclear weapons are perhaps the best in the world.” KnowsWorldBelieveMeanI BelieveTermLeaderEconomyDoubtInfluenceModernWeaponsAdultsNuclearRussiaFactorsDefinedNuclear WeaponsModern WorldDefenceNuclear PowerWorld Power Author:Vladimir Putin
“There is a schizophrenic nature in modern politics. A leader is expected to have a religious faith but he is not supposed to let it influence him in his duties. Somehow, the truths that determine everything else about his existence are not allowed to influence how he conducts himself in public life. Not only that, his principles are usually considered so personal that the public is not even allowed to know for certain what they are. This passes for noble statecraft in our time. It was once thought cowardice.” KnowsCertainReligiousExistenceLeaderPrinciplesInfluenceModernDutyDetermineNobleExpectedOur TimeCowardiceReligious FaithPublic LifeSchizophrenicModern Politics Author:Stephen Mansfield
“No institutions in modern society are better equipped to catalyze the necessary transition to a sustainable world than colleges and universities. They have access to the leaders of tomorrow and the leaders of today. What they do matters to the wider public.” WorldMatterTodayLeaderModernCollegeTomorrowInstitutionsEnvironmentalUniversityAccessTransitionSustainabilityModern SocietyColleges And UniversitiesLeaders Of Tomorrow Author:David W. Orr
“In 2007, Stanford Business School Advisory committee asserted that self awareness was the most important attribute a leader should develop. The challenge for the modern entrepreneur is to take that path.” ShouldImportantSelfSchoolChallengesLeaderPathModernAwarenessSelf AwarenessEntrepreneurAttributesCommitteesStanfordBusiness SchoolAdvisory Author:Kevin Kelly
“Among modern occupations, only cult leaders and TV weathermen rival the technological visionary's ability to retain credibility despite all evidence to the contrary.” AbilityLeaderModernTvsEvidenceContraryDespiteOccupationTechnologicalCultRivalsCredibilityVisionariesWeathermen Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“The modern State exists not to protect our rights but to do us good or make us good - anyway, to do something to us or to make us something. Hence the new name 'leaders' for those who were once 'rulers'. We are less their subjects than their wards, pupils, or domestic animals. There is nothing left of which we can say to them, 'Mind your own business.' Our whole lives are their business.” MindStatesWholeNamesLeftAnimalLeaderRightsModernSubjectsProtectWhole LifeRulersPupilsOwn BusinessMind Your Own BusinessMind Your Own Author:C. S. Lewis
“Anthropologists have often described what happens to a primitive society when its spiritual values are exposed to the impact of modern civilisation. Its people lose the meaning of their lives, their social organisation disintegrates, and they themselves morally decay. We are now in the same condition. But we have never really understood what we have lost, for our spiritual leaders unfortunately were more interested in protecting their institutions than in understanding the mystery that symbols present.” PeopleHappensSpiritualValuesLostSocialUnderstandingLosesLeaderMysteryModernConditionsUnderstoodInstitutionsImpactSymbolsExposedDecayPrimitiveCivilisationOrganisationAnthropologistsSpiritual LeaderSpiritual Values Author:Carl Jung