Crowd action is the outcome of agreement based on concurrence of emotion rather than of thought.

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.

And the most successful leader of all is one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which belong in his present picture but which are not yet there.

the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.

The insight to see possible new paths, the courage to try them, the judgment to measure results - these are the qualities of a leader.

It is not opposition but indifference which separates men.

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.