Quotes about Leadership

The dead should not rule the living.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

Delay is preferable to error.

God grant that men of principle shall be our principal men.

Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

you cannot have a political solution for a spiritual problem. You must have spiritual solutions for spiritual problems!

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Safe?" said Mr. Beaver; don't you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.

When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.

I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people.