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"The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully."
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"Achievements take leaders' name everywhere. Character keeps those names wherever they reach. A leader with no trust soon fades no matter how far he goes."
"If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer."
"Rise not alone, rise with others! If you rise alone to the top, you shall be alone at the top!"
"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues."
"If everyone bows in front of your wisdom, your greatest wisdom will be to tell them not to bow!"
"The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need."
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."
"A wise manager knows that it is sometimes more important to listen than to talk."
"I believe in (the American) people. I believe that people are more good than bad. I believe tragic things happen. I think there's evil in the world. But I think that at the end of the day, if we work hard, and if we're true to those things in us that feel true and feel right, that, the world gets a little better each time. That's what this presidency is trying to be about. And I see that in the young people i work with. This is not just drama-obama. This is what I really believe."
"Ortez sauntered over to the nearest wall intercom. "Bridge, this is the captain -- what the hell's going on up there? I didn't schedule a combat drill for today." Hell, it occurred to him -- he hadn't scheduled any kind of drill for at least four months. On the other end of the line, young 2nd lieutenant Cedric Pankow, the com officer, let it fall."
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"Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men."
"It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most."
"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on."
"The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract."
"The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race."
"He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so."
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