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Leadership Quotes
"There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader."
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"Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?"
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"Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other."
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"And the greeter is what sets the tone for this company and I've been on TV a little bit this morning."
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"I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area."
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"The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years."
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"President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government."
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"Character is the bedrock of leadership; let integrity and honesty be your guiding principles."
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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."
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"The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's right here."
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"So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975, and she clearly wanted to strike out and do something different."
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"Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible."
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"Democrats are going to proudly run on the fact that we turned the economy around. It was our policies under President Obama's leadership through the Recovery Act, through investing in the automobile industry."
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"The only way I can lead the Congress is by not being afraid."
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"Leadership by deception isn't leadership. It's fraud."
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"I was often misquoted. I was supportive of my managers, even though they all may not think so."
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"We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded."
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"There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters."
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"Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses."
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"What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots."
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"The only kind of movement you could make in the Navy was to be a platoon leader or one of those kinds of things as you got more senior in your Navy career."
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"It's not as if our party has a leadership campaign underway."
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"Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them."
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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."
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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."
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"Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership."
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"The gods command that there can be only one king. But I swear that I am no better than a common soldier today, and you are as good as kings. Each man here is part of me. So what's left for the king to say? Only two words, but they are the two that your hearts want to hear. Victory.And home! Then his command cracked like a whip. "All together-move!"
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"The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan."
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"I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers."
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"Men's Leadership Success Formula: Get up, Show up, Man up, Mentor up, and Move up!"
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"A true leader leads his people from the front and if he falls into a pit the people will surely not follow."
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"Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment."
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"If you want to wait till your black hairs turn grey and your teeth start pulling out before you become a leader, you are either too fast to prove your ignorance, or you are too late to know who you are made of."
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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."
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"And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether you're talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they look to the United States for leadership; and you're part of that leadership."
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"In America, public opinion is the leader."
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"True leaders don't look at just the outward appearances in the selection of team members, they look at one's core values and heart."
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"He said that when you want to change things, you can't please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren't making enough progress. Mark was right."
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"As a world leader, America must be prepared to confront any challenge."
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"Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children."
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"To teach someone a lesson, show them how it's done. Force is a temporary solution. Judgment is no solution at all."
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"You want to be a good person, but sometimes you need to have the courage to be ruthless."
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"But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership."
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"If you do not take opportunity to advance and reward the deserving, your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue."
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"Generous leaders are servant leaders. They always come with open hands and an open heart."
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"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion."
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"Decide be a success; decide to be great, decide to be above average, decide to do the very best of you. Do you know who a P.O.O.R person is? P.O.O.R people are those who are "Passing On Opportunities Repeatedly"!"
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