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Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change. ↗

— Pete du Pont

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Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

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I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics. ↗

— David E. Kelley

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I think the law changes, which is a nice luxury. ↗

— David E. Kelley

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It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

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To be sure, in some instances these proceedings have been unconstitutional, but we must remember that it is not the first time since a war that there have been changes in governments by such methods. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

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An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts that are in relationship to each other, to be able to deal with change in the environment. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

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But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around any kind of central authority. So it is best to manage the bottom-up change rather than try to institute it from the top down. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

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Changing things from the top down works when things are stable. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

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Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

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