Quotes about Leadership
To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.
— James Madison
No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.
— James Madison
The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.
— James K. Polk
Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems.
— Ronald Reagan
Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".
— Abraham Lincoln
I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
Good government is no substitute for self-government.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
Don't depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that's what makes the difference.
— Margaret Mead
God is in charge, and alone sits as the ultimate government over His creation. All other governments are then to reflect His ultimate rule.
— Tony Evans
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
— Edmund Burke
Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.
— Ludwig Borne