leadership
Quotations
Quotations on the topic of ‘leadership’ from all listed authors (click on the ‘click to view listing’ links to view each quote in full).
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“When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.’” -Lao Tzu
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“Leadership must be established from the top down.” -Sam Nunn
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“The art of leadership… consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.” -Adolf Hitler
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“When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.” -Gennaro Angiulo
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“Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition.” -Cyril Falls
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“With King Abdullah’s leadership and his people’s trust he can keep the kingdom stable and secure in all its affairs.” -Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
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“Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in – real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it’s going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.” -Anita Borg
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“Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.” -Jon Kyl
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“We have to forget the past. History is something that even today we are paying the consequences, and the future is integration. We all as a people, as citizens, as the leadership of both countries should be looking in that direction.” -Atifete Jahjaga
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“Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.” -Vance Packard
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“I supported my friend Congressman Shuler over former Speaker Nancy Pelosi during our party’s leadership elections in November citing a need for new leadership.” -Joe Donnelly
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“We need to be a leadership position about protecting minors on the Internet and, more importantly, giving the parents the tools they need to protect them.” -Peter Chernin
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“Once it gets to a point where it becomes a matter of life and death to occupy a position of leadership or not, with an eye on future opportunities, therein lies the danger.” -Kgalema Motlanthe
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“We do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership.” -David Vitter
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“In some countries we have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, so the entry of women into political leadership has caused a tsunami.” -Iveta Radicova
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“Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.” -Bob Etheridge
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“We need someone with proven conservative leadership experience, not entitlement, to be able to represent us and lead us.” -Randy Hultgren
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“If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that’s detestable we have to take action.” -Jakaya Kikwete
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“Leadership – mobilization toward a common goal.” -Gary Wills
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“I think America has more than enough maturity and intelligence to start exercising its world leadership responsibly.” -Cristina Kirchner
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“Why – because as a oil and gas small business owner – I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.” -Jeff Landry
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“Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.” -Warren Bennis
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“Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation’s conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership.” -James MacGregor Burns
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“Bad leadership during the past years has cast on our Party the shadow of great and grave burdens.” -Janos Kadar
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“I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game.” -Roy Clark
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“It’s very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.” -Ruth J. Simmons
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“I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership – not to punish the individual.” -Eric Shinseki
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“I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this – Tito and Mao Tse-tung.” -Earl Browder
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“At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.” -Olympia Snowe
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“IBM has taken a leadership role in this area and is prepared to be a technology partner with companies around the world to take advantage of these new developments.” -John Patrick
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“The next thing is: we can make IBM even better. We brought IBM back but we’re gunning for leadership.” -Louis Gerstner
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“Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce.” -Michael Oxley
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“Sport fosters many things that are good teamwork and leadership.” -Daley Thompson
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“You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I’ve learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.” -Tom Ridge
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“House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we did this. Do Republicans really expect a family to live on less than $11,000 a year?” -Bill Pascrell
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“The sentiments in Hawaii about Washington’s failure of leadership are no different than the rest of the country.” -Ed Case
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“The House has passed several bipartisan bills to ensure all Americans have the opportunity to secure a good job to provide for their families. All of these jobs bills deserve the support of our Senators and a strong show of leadership from the president.” -Joe Heck
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“Party domination and State leadership are concepts incompatible with one another.” -Franz von Papen
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“The business manager was doing fine back in his office while they were out on the line, hungry. And, so they started to see a lot of that and there was, that maybe the leadership had its own cause. More so than the miners, you know, it was like a power struggle.” -Richard Grimes
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“There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent.” -John Raleigh Mott
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“For centuries, America has led the world on a long march toward freedom and democracy. Let’s reclaim our clean energy leadership and lead the world toward clean energy independence.” -John Garamendi
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“Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.” -Earl Monroe
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“In Britain, you do your job. When you do an American TV show, there is a sense of being one with the crew, and there is a leadership element, which was a learning curve for me because it is very different culturally. In Britain, you just do it, leave and say, ‘Thanks.’” -Theo James
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“The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.” -Jeff Bingaman
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“We have now under President Obama’s leadership had 29 months in a row of private sector job growth. That stretch of positive private sector job growth hasn’t happened since 2005. We still have a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction.” -Martin O’Malley
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“Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure out how to keep from getting caught than they do trying to launch operations.” -Cofer Black
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“I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.” -Vernon Jordan
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“Yahoo! is the only company with both scale and leadership in branded and search advertising.” -Terry Semel
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“I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.” -Denise Morrison
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“There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle… There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender.” -Peter Pace
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“Actually, I don’t ever think there will be a men-only team of leadership in the Labour party again. People would look at it and say, ‘What? Are there no women in the party to be part of the leadership? Do men want to do it all themselves?’ It just won’t happen again.” -Harriet Harman
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“My focus as part of the leadership is to keep talking about the independent voters, independent voters – how do we get the independent voters back?” -Henry Cuellar
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“Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.” -Frederick Smith
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“The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” -James Buchanan
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“Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track.” -Lisa Murkowski
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“Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you don’t become efficient, you don’t run a business well, and you are out of business. And I think some of those principles could be applied to leadership in Washington.” -Steve Daines
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“As a woman, my style defines my leadership. It’s a gentler, more compassionate approach. I consult, I listen and I compromise where it’s in the best interest of the citizens.” -Kamla Persad-Bissessar
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“Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton’s ability to achieve team synergy.” -Michael Bergdahl
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“This – the leadership of the mayor is crucial, because it is to the mayor that people will look to provide the vision, the energy, and the sense of confidence in the rebuilding and the recovery.” -Marc Morial
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“The public sector certainly includes the Department of Labor. Those are jobs that are available. They are open and they are good paying jobs. The government as a whole has been actually retrenching under President Clinton’s leadership.” -Alexis Herman
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“I made a commitment… both to myself and to some supporters to carefully consider a run for the Liberal leadership for the Liberal Party of Canada.” -Dalton McGuinty
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“We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards, aggressively exerting control over the moon. We can best do this by going there.” -Wilson Greatbatch
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“The union is much more than me, and when you think the union is you and it’s not about who you represent, I think you’ve sort of lost your morals and focus and the purpose of your leadership.” -Andy Stern
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“I am not saying that during the Second World War Germany did not, under the leadership of the National Socialist government, commit crimes.” -Ernst Zundel
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“I am honored that my freshman class colleagues have put their trust in me to represent our historic class at the leadership table. The incoming freshman class of Representatives is large and diverse but we share many common goals including cutting wasteful spending, getting our economy back on track and making government smarter and more…
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“It’s not as if our party has a leadership campaign underway.” -Peter MacKay
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“Life isn’t easy, and leadership is harder still.” -Walter Russell Mead
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“Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, let’s use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems.” -Pete Domenici
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“To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you – a reason to hope – a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.” -Mike DeWine
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“I don’t care tuppence whether I’m forced into a leadership position or not. I’d much sooner not.” -E. P. Thompson
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“What happened with Hurricane Katrina was the American electorate was forced to look at what lay behind the veneer of chest-beating. We all saw the consequences of having terrible government leadership.” -Susan Faludi
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“I believe that it is irresponsible, it is basically part of the crisis of leadership in D.C. to not look at Social Security and understand that there has got to be a solution posed. We’ve got to take a look at it and make sure that we create a solution so our seniors aren’t left…
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“The President’s speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this.” -Daniel Inouye
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“I think that my leadership style is to get people to fear staying in place, to fear not changing.” -Lou Gerstner
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“The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.” -Linda Vester
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“The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don’t grow vertically they grow exponentially.”…
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“As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine’s democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.” -Bob Schaffer
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“People look for their leadership to lead.” -Mick Cornett
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“Europe is difficult to coordinate, and our main deficit may not even lie in this area of finance and economics, but in foreign and security policy. We have a leadership problem because we are still 27 different members who have still not decided on how to work with each other based on what we used…
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“Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.” -Charles Edison
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“This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.” -Jim Cooper
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“I am leaving because I have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer the Democratic leadership, a health care bill that’s going to destroy this country, my opposition to it and a belief that my party has become what it became – what it campaigned against.” -Eric Massa
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“Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to have to try to become much more skilled at creating leaders.” -John P. Kotter
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“History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.” -Preet Bharara
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“So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We don’t need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House.” -Mario Diaz-Balart
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“Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena.” -Nguyen Cao Ky
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“President Bush offers the American people an optimistic vision and a clear choice in November. The President has provided steady leadership in remarkably changing times. He knows exactly where he wants to lead this country, and he has complete confidence in the American people.” -Henry Bonilla
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“World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century.” -Neil Sheehan
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“The truth is the Republican leadership has created a credit card Congress that is recklessly selling out the future of America, our children and our grandchildren, and President Bush is the most fiscally irresponsible President in the history of America.” -Dennis Cardoza
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“Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.” -Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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“America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.” -Jim Leach
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“The Divine Thing that made itself the foundation of the Church does not seem, to judge by his comments on the religious leadership of his day, to have hoped much from officers of a church.” -Charles Williams
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“It is sad that the Republican leadership is not as interested as they say they are in protecting the institution of marriage as they are in waging a campaign to divide and distract the American people from the real issues that need to be addressed.” -Kendrick Meek
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“The intelligence investigation under the leadership of Senator Church, which I know has helped cause this investigation by you, points out that the agencies did not disclose certain facts to us and that certain plots were going on.” -John Sherman Cooper
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“Music is all about leadership and there ain’t really a lot of leaders.” -Young Jeezy
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“We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.” -Tom Coburn
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“One of the things about leadership is that you’ve got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you’ve got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.” -Tim Pawlenty
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“At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.” -Ellen Tauscher
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“Germany must be a country which generates political ideas and leadership, which is capable of compromise, which is sovereign and yet knows that it needs its partners on both sides of the Atlantic.” -Horst Koehler
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“Shouldn’t Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?” -Bill Kristol
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“You watch television and see what’s going on on this debt ceiling issue. And what I consider to be a total lack of leadership from the President and nothing’s going to get fixed until the President himself steps up and wrangles both parties in Congress.” -Steve Wynn
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“It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.” -Jackie Stewart
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“I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.” -Yitzhak Shamir
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“The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.” -Bryant McGill
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“I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to govern in a way – at least put forward solutions whether or not the president goes along with them or not, that deal with these long-term challenges.” -John Thune
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“The fact is five months ago this was an issue that people weren’t really talking that much about. Because of the president’s leadership, because he’s brought it to people’s attention, it’s now a top issue.” -Ken Mehlman
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“It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.” -Kamisese Mara
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“The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget those who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square that day or the pro-democracy cause for which they fought.” -Tom Lantos
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“The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination.” -Rosalyn S. Yalow
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“Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.” -Julia Stiles
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“Leadership demands that we make tough choices.” -Alan Autry
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“At the very outset I want to say how the people of America appreciate the steadfast support of the people of Morocco, the leadership of Morocco in our war against terrorism.” -Donald Evans
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“He’s a novice, but he’s had these – he’s experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started – he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam.” -James Stockdale
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“Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country’s never been the same since.” -W. Averell Harriman
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“We need safe communities that are free from methamphetamine and a federal commitment to stand next to state leadership and law enforcement in the fight against this epidemic.” -Rick Larsen
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“There’s a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are conservative. Many of those minorities can be persuaded to be members of the Republican Party.” -Pete du Pont
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“We need leadership, and we need it now.” -Byron Dorgan
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“I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.” -Bob Iger
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“But I think Steve’s main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He’s a perfectionist. Good enough isn’t good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.” -Andy Hertzfeld
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“I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.” -Joe Lieberman
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“The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation’s homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action.” -Leonard Boswell
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“There would not be enough talent that’s educated, developed and ready to take on the next leadership challenge, and it would cap our growth. Now we’ve put programs in place not to have that happen, but that could be a weakness.” -Kevin Rollins
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“I think national issues play into gubernatorial races less than, obviously, in Senate and Congressional races. Much less. They tend to be more decided by personality, leadership qualities and by state or local issues. They still have some effect, no question about it, but not as much as Senate and Congressional races.” -Edward G. Rendell
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“Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs.” -Ron D. Burton
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“Comrade Deng Xiaoping – along with other party elders – gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures.” -Li Peng
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“I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to change.” -Francis Maude
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“Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.” -Russel Honore
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“Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life, no matter what the project.” -Bill Owens
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“Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership.” -Thomas Menino
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“It’s a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.” -Karen Kain
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“Hamas, also elected to governmental leadership in Palestine, includes the jihadists, people who have declared war on the United States of America and its ally, Israel.” -Zach Wamp
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“Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.” -Marty Meehan
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“Leadership is about doing what you know is right – even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.” -Robert. L. Ehrlich
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“I look forward to working with our leadership team to advance the causes of smaller government, lower taxes, eliminating terrorism, and providing affordable health care, among other issues.” -Howard Coble
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“I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor.” -Michael Scheuer
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“The conduct of President Bush’s war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States.” -John Olver
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“For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near – do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don’t mind some advice from a newcomer, I’d suggest going with the will of the people.” -Scott Brown
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“This is one of the major problems we have. By the way, it was endorsed by leadership on both sides of the aisle and both ends of the Capitol, by the NRA and also by the gun control groups.” -John Dingell
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“The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.” -Zhang Ziyi
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“Republican leadership in Congress let the energy companies write the energy bill that sent prices soaring, and has turned a blind eye to the struggles of working families trying to make ends meet.” -Sherrod Brown
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“I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.” -Michael D. Higgins
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“Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents.” -Conrad Burns
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“We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised.” -Zbigniew Brzezinski
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“The Leadership Training Institute of America trains and equips young men and women to be leaders with high standards of personal morality and integrity.” -Michael Burgess
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“On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement.” -Fredrik Bajer
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“A significant number of pages and sentences that the administration wants to keep in a classified status have already been released publicly, some of it by public statements of the leadership of the CIA and the FBI.” -Bob Graham
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“In working with UNICEF our corporate partners have demonstrated time and again that their financial resources, leadership and expertise can bring about real and lasting benefits for the world’s children.” -Carol Bellamy
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“Boone Pickens should be commended for his leadership on American energy security, and for bringing Ted Turner along on some sensible approaches to enhancing it.” -Frank Gaffney
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“I’ve been the co-chair of the Non-Partisan Women’s Caucus and vice-chair for several years, taking a leadership role in this women’s organization.” -Gwen Moore
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“The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming – all these are very clearly tied to energy.” -Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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“The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.” -Jan Schakowsky
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“Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.” -Erskine Bowles
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“I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.” -Patricia Ireland
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“This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.” -Tim Bishop
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“The important thing is that we recognize our President’s leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing.” -Kay Bailey Hutchison
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“Well, I think that – I think leadership’s always been about two main things: imagination and courage.” -Paul Keating
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“I definitely wasn’t cool in high school. I really wasn’t. I did belong to many of the clubs and was in leadership on yearbook and did the musical theater route, so I had friends in all areas. But I certainly did not know what to wear, did not know how to do my hair, all…
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“People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won’t cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.” -Gary Ackerman
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“Different times need different types of leadership.” -Park Geun-hye
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“I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.” -Steve Ballmer
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“Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation’s position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.” -Dianne Feinstein
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“I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.” -Angela Davis
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“Well, I’ve ruffled a few feathers at all the institutions I’ve led. But I think that’s part of leadership.” -Robert M. Gates
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“Dr. King’s leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.” -Maria Cantwell
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“One of the surest signs of the estimated changes in the consciousness of the American proletariat is to be found in the character of the demands now being put forward by the leadership.” -C. L. R. James
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“Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.” -Frederick Reines
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“In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.” -Adam Schiff
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“The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than any other American president.” -David Herbert Donald
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“Leadership is something I was born with.” -Carmelo Anthony
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“I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America’s greatness.” -Paul Tsongas
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“From a parent’s right to know what their children are doing, to protecting citizens across the country from the growing threat of gang violence, the House Democrat leadership is simply out to lunch.” -Virginia Foxx
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“When President Obama was in the Senate, when he was a U.S. senator, he voted against raising the debt ceiling. And he said it was a lack of leadership that had brought us to this point.” -Cathy McMorris
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“Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can’t be angry all day.” -Vicente del Bosque
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“Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.” -Chuck Hagel
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“But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.” -Chris Patten
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“I don’t know what leadership is. You can’t touch it. You can’t feel it. It’s not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.” -Bob Ehrlich
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