"But rather than trying to understand and rise above them, as leaders should, the [presedential] campaigns have often simply channeled these negative emotions. This has made the substance and tone of much of the discussion not only unpleasant and uninspiring, but the acrimony and divisiveness are not healthy for our democracy."

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Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

John I. Jenkins

#Leader Quotes #Healthy Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“Rational thinking is an important aspect of human nature, but we have imagination, we have ambition, we have irrational fear, we are swayed by other people, we get indoctrinated and we get influenced by advertising.”
“I dont wish for anything. Wishing for a million dollars feels greedy. I just wish for the best for me.”
“A sensual life is a ghostly existence where you live on the surface and your soul passes through everything, touching nothing.”
“Well, right now I'm not dead. But when I am, it's like...I don't know, I guess it's like being inside a book that nobody's reading. [...] An old one. It's up on a library shelf, so you're safe and everything, but the book hasn't been checked out for a long, long time. All you can do is wait. Just hope somebody'll pick it up and start reading.”
“There are some agents who do a good job looking after players but there are others who stifle and mollycoddle them.”
“It is extremely unlikely that anyone coming out of school with a technical degree will go into one area and stay there. Today's students have to look forward to the excitement of probably having three or four careers.”
“Terrorists can only take my life. Only my government can take my freedom.”
“And, to help society at large to understand that in the equation of life, fathers are of equal importance as mothers.”

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