I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Mahatma GandhiThe momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable – and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.
George W. BushThe President’s post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamFreedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
George OrwellFreedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
EpictetusSlavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaThe God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
Thomas JeffersonThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin FranklinInnovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Steve JobsMen freely believe that which they desire.
Julius CaesarI know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.
Muhammad AliDo not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe Bill of Rights is not an a la carte menu.
John KennedyWe need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.
Stephen CoveyIn every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBig jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
Theodore RooseveltYes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.
Ronald ReaganEarn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiWe the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Abraham LincolnThe revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.
Ralph Waldo EmersonOne of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
PlatoLeadership is hard. It’s a skill. It’s a technique.
Jocko WillinkBut I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven’t exactly been non-aggressive – including me.
Madeleine AlbrightA well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.
James MadisonSurround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.
Ronald ReaganI only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.
Charles DickensUse power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
George W. BushThe world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate… we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.
John F. KennedyI played by the rules of politics as I found them.
Richard M. NixonIf an individual wants to be a leader and isn’t controversial, that means he never stood for anything.
Richard M. NixonIf art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
John F. KennedyAtlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.
Franz KafkaLeadership is influence.
John C. MaxwellGovern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
Lao TzuWhen you are president, being able to clearly articulate detailed plans to help the people of this country is a good thing. Knowing what you’re doing is a good thing. And let me tell you, Hillary Clinton absolutely knows what she’s doing.
Michelle ObamaIf you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.
George S. PattonExample is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Albert SchweitzerAny man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.
Dwight D. EisenhowerBeing prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd.
Margaret ThatcherA leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
Golda MeirWhen the players go home, I can’t tell them what to do, so you need to create an atmosphere of trust. I don’t want to think, ‚What are they doing now? Do I need to call them?‘
Jurgen KloppMilitary school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.
Robert KiyosakiOnly free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.
Nelson MandelaPolitical courage is not political suicide.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerWe have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
Barack ObamaAllow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel JohnsonThose of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the ‚leaders‘ must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.
Maya AngelouI think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.
Barack ObamaRebellion is what you make of it. When you’ve been on a tour bus for two months straight, and then you get in your car and drive wherever you want, that can feel rebellious.
Taylor SwiftWe also can’t try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That’s not leadership; that’s a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It’s the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq – and we should have learned it by now.
Barack ObamaWhich government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheYou have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.
Robert FrostThe government’s job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.
Narendra ModiI think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven’t tried that for a while. Maybe this time it’ll work.
George CarlinWar is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
George OrwellI have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out of it.
Jackie RobinsonThe sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
Alexander HamiltonYou cross me, I’m going to hurt you. But I’m really very gentle.
Mr. TThe presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.
Lyndon B. Johnson