"Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique." ― James MacGregor Burns Topic(s): Leadership More From James MacGregor Burns "Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation’s conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership." More In Leadership "Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership."― Jeff Miller "I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately."― Bob Iger "We have a country to turn around. This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn’t confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership."― Artur Davis