Quotes about Leadership
When you make a courageous statement, people start to follow you, and that's nice.
— Frans van Houten
They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
— Thomas Edison
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government
— Thomas Jefferson
The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite
— Thomas Jefferson
The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.
— Thomas Jefferson
So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
— Thomas Jefferson
Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom.
— Thomas Jefferson
No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it...To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.
— Thomas Jefferson
One man with courage is a majority.
— Thomas Jefferson
History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
— Thomas Jefferson
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
— Thomas Paine
Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.
— Thomas Paine