Quotes about Leadership
Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. But then he has much to be modest about.
— Winston Churchill
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
— Thomas Jefferson
In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
— Mark Twain
Obedience alone gives the right to command.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is much safer to obey than to rule.
— Thomas a Kempis
I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.
— George Washington
He knows nothing; he thinks he knows everything - that clearly points to a political career.
— George Bernard Shaw
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
— Edmund Burke
When Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero 106-43 BC,) was in 64 BC running for consul of Rome he was reported to be advised by his "campaign manager" that the voters "had rather you lied to them than refused them."
— Anonymous
No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.
— Thomas Jefferson