Matt Paknis Leadership Development

"Laws are like spiderwebs, which catch the small flies and let the wasps and hornets break through."(A classic critique showing that legal systems often function to entangle the weak and defenseless while serving the powerful.) - Jonathan Swift "An unjust judge poisons the entire legal foundation of the commonwealth." - sir Francis Bacon "In most cases, it is the judicial apparatchiks, much more than those they prosecute, who belong behind bars." - Stephen Baskerville "There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice." - Montesquieu "Short of a gun to the head, a greater threat to First Amendment expression can scarcely be imagined."(Addressing SLAPP suits, where corporations initiate baseless, costly litigation against ordinary citizens to silence public scrutiny and exhaust their personal resources.) - Judge J. Nicholas Colabella #justice #law #freedomofspeech #FairTrial...

"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.... I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man." - George Washington “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power....   Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” - Abraham Lincoln #truth #light #virtue #honesty #character #prevail #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #power #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #friends

"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid." - Jim Rohn “Speak softly and carry a big stick—you will go far.”- Theodore Roosevelt "Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke." Benjamin Disraeli  "Empty vessels make the most sound." - Proverb #strong #kind #bold #thoughtful #courageous #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stealth #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #poise

“Conflicts of interest arise when you're sneaky and shady about it, when you're not transparent about it. If you tell everyone, 'Here's what's going on. Here's the process; here are the people that are playing a role'—that's being transparent.”— Sean Spicer "Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it." - Frank Herbert "Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power." - John Steinbeck #ConflictOfInterest #transparency #integrity #leadersarentbullies #HealthyWorkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #character #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #justice

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." - Thomas Jefferson "A corporation has no soul... but a corporate dollar has more power than a human heart." - Robert Green Ingersoll "There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship. When the corporate state controls the government, the legal system becomes an instrument of corporate power rather than a shield for human rights." - Ralph Nader #strength #soul #heart #citizenship #humanrights  #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #liberty #psychologicalsafetyatworkact #constitution Life, liberty, the pursuit of #happiness...it’s all sabotaged and manipulated to bestow power and happiness on the few, the misguided, when the bad guys (and girls) are in charge. #LeadersArentBullies

"Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins..... Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." - Benjamin Franklin  #freedom #speech #FairTrial #justice #outrage #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #liberty #psycholigicalsafetyatworkact #truth