Angus King

One of the points I tried to make in this course was that leadership isn't just a general on a white horse or a senator or a president. In fact, when I first was approached by the president of Bowdoin to teach there, he said, well, of course, you'll be teaching political science, right? I said, no, I'd like to teach about leadership because I think it's so important.

One of the points I tried to make in this course was that leadership isn't just a general on a white horse or a senator or a president. In fact, when I first was approached by the president of Bowdoin to teach there, he said, well, of course, you'll be teaching political science, right? I said, no, I'd like to teach about leadership because I think it's so important.

I don't really fully understand it. And I think teaching it may help me to understand it better. And so Belichick and Parcells, I mean, the NFL is a perfect example. of teams that win consistently, usually based on leadership and on some change in leadership. You know, it helps to have Tom Brady or Jaden Daniels or Marshall and Lattimore, but the key thing is how is the institution led?

I don't really fully understand it. And I think teaching it may help me to understand it better. And so Belichick and Parcells, I mean, the NFL is a perfect example. of teams that win consistently, usually based on leadership and on some change in leadership. You know, it helps to have Tom Brady or Jaden Daniels or Marshall and Lattimore, but the key thing is how is the institution led?

I don't really fully understand it. And I think teaching it may help me to understand it better. And so Belichick and Parcells, I mean, the NFL is a perfect example. of teams that win consistently, usually based on leadership and on some change in leadership. You know, it helps to have Tom Brady or Jaden Daniels or Marshall and Lattimore, but the key thing is how is the institution led?

The Washington Commanders this year are a perfect example of that. They had terrible leadership for 25 years with Dan Snyder. He sold the franchise two years ago. New owners came in. New general manager, new coach. Now, it was genius to have drafted Jaden Daniels and they held on to Terry McLaurin, but they changed the whole culture. The leadership changed the culture.

The Washington Commanders this year are a perfect example of that. They had terrible leadership for 25 years with Dan Snyder. He sold the franchise two years ago. New owners came in. New general manager, new coach. Now, it was genius to have drafted Jaden Daniels and they held on to Terry McLaurin, but they changed the whole culture. The leadership changed the culture.

The Washington Commanders this year are a perfect example of that. They had terrible leadership for 25 years with Dan Snyder. He sold the franchise two years ago. New owners came in. New general manager, new coach. Now, it was genius to have drafted Jaden Daniels and they held on to Terry McLaurin, but they changed the whole culture. The leadership changed the culture.

And that's why in that class, I was talking about Belichick and Parcells, who were certainly major innovators and leaders in the NFL. By the way, I played high school football. I could have played in the NFL. I only lack two. We saw the photo. We saw the photo. I only lack two qualities. I would have been in the NFL, but I lack two qualities, speed and athletic ability.

And that's why in that class, I was talking about Belichick and Parcells, who were certainly major innovators and leaders in the NFL. By the way, I played high school football. I could have played in the NFL. I only lack two. We saw the photo. We saw the photo. I only lack two qualities. I would have been in the NFL, but I lack two qualities, speed and athletic ability.

And that's why in that class, I was talking about Belichick and Parcells, who were certainly major innovators and leaders in the NFL. By the way, I played high school football. I could have played in the NFL. I only lack two. We saw the photo. We saw the photo. I only lack two qualities. I would have been in the NFL, but I lack two qualities, speed and athletic ability.

Everybody in Maine two weeks ago was suddenly a Duke fan, which was really amazing.

Everybody in Maine two weeks ago was suddenly a Duke fan, which was really amazing.

Everybody in Maine two weeks ago was suddenly a Duke fan, which was really amazing.

Pablo, this is a really, really dangerous moment. And I don't like a lot of these policies, the deportations, the tariffs, all of that. But there's a deeper... danger going on here, which is essentially the collapse of the constitutional structure. The framers divided power on purpose. They put power into the Congress, into the executive, into the judiciary, because they understood human nature.

Pablo, this is a really, really dangerous moment. And I don't like a lot of these policies, the deportations, the tariffs, all of that. But there's a deeper... danger going on here, which is essentially the collapse of the constitutional structure. The framers divided power on purpose. They put power into the Congress, into the executive, into the judiciary, because they understood human nature.

Pablo, this is a really, really dangerous moment. And I don't like a lot of these policies, the deportations, the tariffs, all of that. But there's a deeper... danger going on here, which is essentially the collapse of the constitutional structure. The framers divided power on purpose. They put power into the Congress, into the executive, into the judiciary, because they understood human nature.

And human nature is that if all power is in one set of hands, abuse is inevitable. Madison in the 47th Federalist put it most bluntly. He said, if legislative, judicial, and executive power is concentrated in one set of hands, that is a perfect definition of tyranny. I want to sort of vouch for myself a little bit. I've been giving this talk about the Constitution for 20 years, at least.

And human nature is that if all power is in one set of hands, abuse is inevitable. Madison in the 47th Federalist put it most bluntly. He said, if legislative, judicial, and executive power is concentrated in one set of hands, that is a perfect definition of tyranny. I want to sort of vouch for myself a little bit. I've been giving this talk about the Constitution for 20 years, at least.

And human nature is that if all power is in one set of hands, abuse is inevitable. Madison in the 47th Federalist put it most bluntly. He said, if legislative, judicial, and executive power is concentrated in one set of hands, that is a perfect definition of tyranny. I want to sort of vouch for myself a little bit. I've been giving this talk about the Constitution for 20 years, at least.