Quotes about Leadership
Anyone who wants to be pope doesn't care much for themselves, God doesn't bless them. I didn't want to be pope.
— Pope Francis
If not us, who? And if not now, when?
— Ronald Reagan
Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
— Ronald Reagan
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
— George Washington
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this.
— Steve Jobs
The only way to win World War III is to prevent it.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
— Alexander Hamilton
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Chamberlain's visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to me likean inevitable conflict within the next five years.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Intelligence reports say Castro is very worried about me. I'm very worried that we can't come up with something to justify his worrying.
— Ronald Reagan