Reflection Paper: Construct a few page paper on why are some forms of power more influential than others. Please include at least two quotes (p. 167) and address why each quote appeals to you.

Chapter 5 Power Exercise 5-1 Words of Wisdom Following are quotes by historical figures, scholars, and world leaders about power and its impact. 1. Be the chief, but never the lord. (Lao Tzu) 2. There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. (John Adams) 3. I know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but people. And if we think them not enlightened enough, the remedy is not to take the power from them, but to inform them by education. (Thomas Jefferson) 4. Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical. (Blaise Pascal) 5. Knowledge is power. (Francis Bacon) 6. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. (Lord Acton) 7. Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation. (Woodrow Wilson) 8. I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. (Gandhi) 9. The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public. (John F. Kennedy) 10. Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those who seek it must be suspect and must 11. The first principle of nonviolent action is that of noncooperation with everything humiliating. opposed. (Barry Goldwater) (Cesar Chavez) 12. Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance. (Charles De Gaulle) 13. Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. (Henry Kissinger) harm them. (Dalai Lama) 14. If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do 15. One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back. (Carl Sagan) Step 1: Individually Select two of your favorite quotes. Briefly jot down the reasons why they appeal to you. Consider what their implications would be for organizational leadership. For example, Napoleon Bonaparte said: "A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon." Based on this approach, it is important to have goals and rewards, even if not very significant, and leaders must clarify the rewards associated with achieving the goals. As a leader, being encouraging is essential and using reward power is important. This may appeal to you because you like having concrete and clear goals and work best when you have external rewards. 1. 167