One of the greatest values of controversy is its revealing nature. The real issues at stake come into the open and have the possibility of being reconciled.

Leadership is not defined by the exercise of power but by the capacity to increase the sense of power among those led. The most essential work of the leader is to create more leaders.

In crowds we have unison, in groups harmony. We want the single voice but not the single note; that is the secret of the group.

The state accumulates moral power only through the spiritual activity of their citizens.

Part of the task of the leader is to make others participate in his leadership. The best leader knows how to make his followers actually feel power themselves, not merely acknowledge his power.

The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions from the array of facts of the past which their expert assistants bring to them, they have a vision of the future.

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.