"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand."

Argument, Debate, Doubt, Leaders

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"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand."

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"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

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"Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

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"It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort."

William Gilbert, British Composer

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"Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

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"We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself."

Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge

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"To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind."

John Tillotson, British Theologian

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"You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

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"I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it."

Army

"Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant."

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"The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power."

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"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand."

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"Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff."

Politics

"You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in."

People

"Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it."

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"Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard."

Work

"Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence."

Success

"Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families."

Time