Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects.
I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink.
A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.
I'm just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else.
I had a lot of trouble with engineers because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view and then learning how to perform that function.
The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically they grow exponentially.
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders not more followers.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders not more followers.
A functioning robust democracy requires a healthy educated participatory followership and an educated morally grounded leadership.
The function of the politician therefore is one of continuous watchfulness and activity and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results.