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Leadership Quotes
"As a leader, you're supposed to be above reproach, and what that means is you can't even give the appearance that you're going to do something wrong."
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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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"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."
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"In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings."
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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."
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"My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service."
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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."
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"Leadership is inherent in our nature and is fundamental to our origins, our human makeup and our destiny."
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"A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice."
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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."
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"My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein."
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"We had a $10 billion budget deficit when we got here in January of 2003. We cut that budget deficit; we did not raise taxes; we came back in '05, and we had an $8 billion surplus. That's how fast it can happen."
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"I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false."
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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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"It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like being a leader."
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"Cap the well, yes. Clear up the mess, yes. Make compensation - yes, absolutely. But would it be right to have legislation that independently targets BP rather than other companies? I don't think that - would be right."
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"The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people."
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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."
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"Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership."
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"Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment."
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"The cost of leadership is self-interest."
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"Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others."
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"Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve."
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"I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and make them right."
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"Extraordinary measures were required and I realize that not all of these steps were popular."
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"Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish."
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"In America, public opinion is the leader."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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"He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled."
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"The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there.People will follow."
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"Malicious or not, strong leaders always attracted followers."
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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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"A good leader is known by 'his qualities' not 'his authorities'."
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"Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts."
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"We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!"
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"In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech."
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"I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!"
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"You know you're a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity."
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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."
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"Divide and rule, the politician cries;Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise."
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"The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert."
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"America must be a light to the world, not just a missile."
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"We're going to need to absorb some pain. The Republicans want to pile all the pain on people who can least afford it and the middle class and Democrats under his leadership want to make sure that we can address deficit reduction and continue to make investments and shared sacrifice is going to be imperative in order to be able to do that."
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"Our mail product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally."
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