Adrienne Morris is author of the novel The House on Tenafly Road (selected as an Editors' Choice Book by The Historical Novel Society and a Notable Indie Book of the Year) and The Tenafly Road Series, the continuing historical saga of the Weldon and Crenshaw families of Gilded Age Englewood, New Jersey.
Adrienne lives on a small Upstate New York farm with her human and animal family.
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4 thoughts on ““Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.” Peter Drucker”
Love the quote. Sort of a military version of the concept of “noblesse oblige.”
I want to believe in meritocracy. The cream rises to the top and all of that, but it’s not always the way it happens. People find so many nefarious ways to gain and keep power.
Love the quote. Sort of a military version of the concept of “noblesse oblige.”
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Exactly. 🙂
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Perhaps that’s why there are so few generals.
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I want to believe in meritocracy. The cream rises to the top and all of that, but it’s not always the way it happens. People find so many nefarious ways to gain and keep power.
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