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Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power -“ until he bore executive responsibility.

Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power -“ until he bore executive responsibility.
– Jon Meacham

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  2. He supposed that, except musicians, every one thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore. – Henry Adams
  3. Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. – Gerald Brenan
  4. Jackson lead as he lived, sometimes with his heart, sometimes with his mind, sometimes with both. – Jon Meacham
  5. Always take all the time to reflect that circumstances permit, but when the time for action has come, stop thinking. (Andrew Jackson) – Jon Meacham
  6. No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. – Jon Meacham
  7. Politics was at once clinical and human, driven by principles and passions that he (the leader) had to master and harness for the good of the whole. – Jon Meacham
  8. Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  9. Plenty of people who survive tragedies end up ambivalent about danger–frightened by it, yet strangely drawn to it. – Keith Ablow
  10. If we stop helping people because we’re afraid, or ambivalent or whatever, then we lose. Let them do evil. I’ll stop them. – Brandon Sanderson
  11. Listen until you’re the smartest.Learn until you’re the wisest.Live until you’re the merriest.Love until you’re the kindest. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  12. An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides. – John H Patterson
  13. When direction and meaning are confined to Executive Leadership, value is minimized. – Bob Anderson
  14. Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government. – Edward L Bernays
  15. Monitor, transparently, and enforce the separation of Democracy powers: Legislative; Executive; Judicial – Miguel Reynolds Brandao
  16. Monitor, transparently, and enforce the separation of Democracy powers: Legislative; Executive; Judicial – Miguel Reynolds Brandao
  17. Attorney Chris Salamone served as chief executive officer for the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC). – Chris Salamone
  18. You have immense power–power to overcome, power to achieve, power to possess, and power to prosper, making you incredibly irresistible. – Anitra SheltonQuinn
  19. Don’t be afraid to let it go. Releasing hate does not make you forget what you want always to remember. It does not mean reconciliation. – Leila Meacham
  20. Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. – Sigmund Freud
  21. Pride does not only come with great responsibility. It is buy one get one free. Great responsibility will require great resourcefulness. – Janna Cachola
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  23. Always remember: When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. – Ziad K Abdelnour
  24. Responsibility is not doing as we are told, that’s obedience. Responsibility is doing what is right. – Simon Sinek
  25. Personal Responsibility leads to collective responsibility. – Sunday Adelaja
  26. A decision is a responsibility, if you cannot handle responsibility, don’t take decisions. – Amit Kalantri
  27. Fear least have power! The power of fear lies in the power of our fears. Without the power of our fears, fear is least empowered! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  28. The power to lead is the power to mislead, and the power to mislead is the power to destroy. – Thomas S Monson
  29. Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless. – Ellen Hopkins
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  32. Maybe I should love someone mundane and let them bore me to death. – Ahmed Mostafa
  33. I listen’d, motionless and still;And, as I mounted up the hill,The music in my heart I bore,Long after it was heard no more. – William Wordsworth
  34. Life is for living and working at. If you find anything or anybody a bore, the fault is in yourself. – Elizabeth I
  35. And at the closing of the dayShe loosed the chain, and down she lay;The broad stream bore her far away,The Lady of Shallot. – Alfred Tennyson
  36. Lincoln bore down or anything he handled, mastering both the details and the principles. – Richard Brookhiser
  37. I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the situation. – Arthur Conan Doyle
  38. Your life have to be filled with interesting tales that it should not bore your grandchildren, when you tell them someday. – Pradeepa Pandiyan
  39. Bravery could only be found inside of fear. So she bore the feeling. After all, it was just a feeling. – CM Rayne
  40. I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears. – Shelby Foote

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