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To elevate the goals of humankind, to achieve high moral purpose, to realize major intended change, leaders must thrust themselves into the most intractable processes and structures of history and ultimately master them.
James MacGregor Burns
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James MacGregor Burns
Age: 95 †
Born: 1918
Born: August 3
Died: 2014
Died: July 15
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