"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."

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"Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will."

Scott Brown, American Politician

Leadership, Leaders, Public, Will

"Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Leadership, People, Authority

"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

Leadership, Debate, Strength, Respect

"Those who own much have much to fear."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

Leadership, Fear

"Lead from the front - but don t leave your base behind."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

Leadership, Strategy, Responsibility, Guidance

"In every age there comes a time when a leader must come forward to meet the needs of the hour. Therefore, there is no potential leader who does not have the opportunity to make a positive difference in society."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Leadership, Responsibility, Opportunity, Service

"Leaders should know how fast time runs and how faster they can beat it. Poor leaders run slowly till time overtakes them."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Leadership, Time, Efficiency, Success

"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Leadership, Trust, Respect, Confidence

"If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss."

Marguerite Young, American Author

Leadership, Leader, Illusion

"When the qualities that now confer leadership have become universal, there will no longer be leaders and followers, and democracy will have been realized at last."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Leadership, Democracy, Equality, Power

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"The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body."

Wisdom

"It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction."

Friendship

"We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's 9 percent of GDP. That is stimulative as all get out. It's more stimulative than any policy we've followed since World War II."

War

"Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1."

Success

"I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years."

Business

"The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on."

Money

"There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it."

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"Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will."

"Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people."

"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."

"Those who own much have much to fear."

"Lead from the front - but don t leave your base behind."

"In every age there comes a time when a leader must come forward to meet the needs of the hour. Therefore, there is no potential leader who does not have the opportunity to make a positive difference in society."

"Leaders should know how fast time runs and how faster they can beat it. Poor leaders run slowly till time overtakes them."

"If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss."

"When the qualities that now confer leadership have become universal, there will no longer be leaders and followers, and democracy will have been realized at last."

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"The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body."

"It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction."

"We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's 9 percent of GDP. That is stimulative as all get out. It's more stimulative than any policy we've followed since World War II."

"Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1."

"I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years."

"If a business does well, the stock eventually follows."

"Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote."

"The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth."

"The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on."

"There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it."