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

We must face life as it is and understand that diversity is its most essential feature.

In the small group then is where we shall find the inner meaning of democracy, its very heart and core.

Democracy must be conceived as a process, not a goal.

Now that we are recognizing more fully the value of the individual, now that management is defining more exactly the function of each, many are coming to regard the leader as the man who can energize his group, who knows how to encourage initiative, how to draw from all what each has to give.

An order then should always be given not as a personal matter, not because the man giving it wants the thing done, but because it is the demand of the situation. And an order of this kind carries weight because it is the demand of the situation.

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