I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country. ~By Vanessa Kerry ~
Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel. ~By Che Guevara ~
There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are conservative. Many of those minorities can be persuaded to be members of the Republican Party. ~By Pete du Pont ~
You have to know one big thing and stick with it. The leaders who had one very big idea and one very big commitment. This permitted them to create something. Those are the ones who leave a legacy. ~By Irving Kristol ~
In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this land, from 1945 on, stepped up the hysteria and propaganda to drive into American minds the false notion that danger threatened them from the East. ~By Paul Robeson ~
The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms. ~By Michael Pollan ~
But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up to now have been very unwilling to accept, for instance, the promotion of condom use. ~By Emma Thompson ~
The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction. ~By Isaiah Thomas ~
Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury. ~By Florence E. Allen ~
We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances. ~By Al Sharpton ~
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military. ~By Margaret J. Wheatley ~
Americans want our leaders to defend our values, our culture, our legacy of liberty and our way of life, not apologize. ~By Christine O'Donnell ~
Democratic leaders always seem to blame America first. ~By Ken Mehlman ~
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. ~By Theodore Hesburgh ~
I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to change. ~By Francis Maude ~
Russia's biggest problem is organized crime and its leaders are influenced by the Russian mafia. But it's not right to call it a Russian mafia, it's a Jewish mafia. ~By David Duke ~
Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership. ~By Charles Edison ~
I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership. ~By Octavia Butler ~
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two. ~By Bertolt Brecht ~
We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier. ~By Brandi Chastain ~
I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. ~By Nelson Mandela ~
At the very outset I want to say how the people of America appreciate the steadfast support of the people of Morocco, the leadership of Morocco in our war against terrorism. ~By Donald Evans ~
And, of course, the fact that Maurice Strong, a Canadian, was in charge made it important for us to pull up our socks and become leaders in this field. Now, here is a field we should be a leader in! ~By Brian Mulroney ~
The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols. ~By Thomas J. Peters ~
This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership. ~By Jim Cooper ~
Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto method of governance in this country. ~By Peter Schuyler ~
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor. ~By Allen Klein ~
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. ~By Jesse Jackson ~
Leadership does not depend on being right. ~By Ivan Illich ~
Some great people are leaders and others are more lucky, in the right place at the right time. I'd put myself in the latter category. But I'd never call myself a normal designer of anything. ~By Steve Wozniak ~
As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy. ~By Bill Richardson ~
I mean, Emily Harris was his wife. And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader. ~By Patty Hearst ~
In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues. ~By Peter Singer ~
I believe it is time for new leadership that is able to leave the '70s behind. ~By Kim Campbell ~
Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization. ~By Frederick Reines ~
In working with UNICEF our corporate partners have demonstrated time and again that their financial resources, leadership and expertise can bring about real and lasting benefits for the world's children. ~By Carol Bellamy ~
Having achieved such signal successes in the east, Russia and Roumania being both disposed of, the German leaders planned a campaign designed to crush Italy. ~By Kelly Miller ~
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way. ~By Pat Riley ~
So many Christian leaders have been so tepid or downright silent on the advance of the homosexual agenda. ~By Randall Terry ~
Hamas, also elected to governmental leadership in Palestine, includes the jihadists, people who have declared war on the United States of America and its ally, Israel. ~By Zach Wamp ~
Our leaders are acting like lemmings. ~By Jack Herer ~
Leadership - mobilization toward a common goal. ~By Gary Wills ~
It's not as if our party has a leadership campaign underway. ~By Peter MacKay ~
There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud. ~By Edward Kennedy ~
When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda. ~By Elizabeth Joan Smith ~
I've reached out to other mayors throughout the United States to form an Olympic Task Force of Mayors, and to community leaders, Congress, and businesspeople. As thousands of people around the country join the movement, it gets more and more exciting. ~By Richard M. Daley ~
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. ~By John Kenneth Galbraith ~
In this nation, leadership is dollars. ~By Norman Lear ~
Organizations endure, however, in proportion to the breadth of the morality by which they are governed. Thus the endurance of organization depends upon the quality of leadership; and that quality derives from the breadth of the morality upon which it rests. ~By Chester Irving Barnard ~
Choosing one's leaders is an affirmation that the person making the choice has inherent worth. ~By Linda Chavez ~
We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders of our continent in bringing about the desired renaissance of Africa. ~By Thabo Mbeki ~
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. ~By Jesse Jackson ~
America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. ~By Wilma Mankiller ~
I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences. ~By Margaret J. Wheatley ~
I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people. ~By Alva Myrdal ~
Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other. ~By Robert Teeter ~
You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now. ~By Angela Davis ~
I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety? ~By Zbigniew Brzezinski ~
Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership. ~By Woodrow Wilson ~
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. ~By Thomas J. Peters ~
You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it. ~By Norman Schwarzkopf ~
When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy. ~By Gennaro Angiulo ~
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. ~By Thomas Hardy ~
There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders. ~By Alan K. Simpson ~
The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action. ~By Leonard Boswell ~
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. ~By Ken Blanchard ~
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. ~By Warren G. Bennis ~
When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.' ~By Mitch Daniels ~
Good leaders must first become good servants. ~By Robert Greenleaf ~
Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance. ~By John McCarthy ~
As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection. ~By Roy Barnes ~
A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they're supposed to be leaders in the world, they're followers. They follow what they think someone else is doing, instead of trying to blaze a trail. ~By Talib Kweli ~
You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead. ~By Tom Ridge ~
Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present. ~By Rudy Giuliani ~
Democrat leaders are not only out of the American mainstream, but are also out of the Democratic mainstream. ~By Virginia Foxx ~
It is only the Somalis themselves - and I don't hide that fact when I meet the political leaders here - they themselves have to stop their old practices of fighting each other every time they have a problem. They have to learn how to do peaceful conflict resolution. ~By Jan Egeland ~
So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders. ~By June Jordan ~
Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since. ~By W. Averell Harriman ~
The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live. ~By Sidney Sheldon ~
We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now. ~By Dave Davies ~
The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership. ~By Gary Wills ~
For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near - do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don't mind some advice from a newcomer, I'd suggest going with the will of the people. ~By Scott Brown ~
The more that social democracy develops, grows, and becomes stronger, the more the enlightened masses of workers will take their own destinies, the leadership of their movement, and the determination of its direction into their own hands. ~By Rosa Luxemburg ~
I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following. ~By Maurice Strong ~
So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset. ~By Ed Gillespie ~
The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this. ~By Abu Bakar Bashir ~
Grown men do not need leaders. ~By Edward Abbey ~
I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people. ~By Kofi Annan ~
The fact is, when it comes to economic leadership, the Republicans have nothing to brag about. This isn't what the American people want. They want to see progress that works for them. ~By Debbie Wasserman Schultz ~
We need leadership, and we need it now. ~By Byron Dorgan ~
There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices. ~By Algernon Sydney ~
At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control. ~By Ellen Tauscher ~
We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means. ~By Tom Coburn ~
Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. ~By Vince Lombardi ~
I cite in my book countless examples of the foundational documents of the colonial period in America and the writings of the leaders, that this was intended to be a Christian nation. ~By Pat Robertson ~
My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round. ~By Buffalo Bill ~
Leadership demands that we make tough choices. ~By Alan Autry ~
Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal. ~By Vince Lombardi ~
We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership. ~By Theodore C. Sorensen ~
Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time. ~By Malcolm Forbes ~
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