Leadership Quotes: Guidance for Todays Leaders - Page 6

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Image of Leon Panetta
When the president went around the table to the country's national security leadership, Hillary was clear: We have to go get bin Laden. And our Special Operations Forces did just that.
- Leon Panetta
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Image of Edward Kennedy
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.
- Edward Kennedy
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Image of Peter T. King
As far as Iraq, the important thing is that the Taliban is gone in Afghanistan, three-quarters of the al-Qaida leadership is either dead or in jail, and we now have Saudi Arabia working with us, Pakistan working with us.
- Peter T. King
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Image of Charles Edison
Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.
- Charles Edison
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Image of Keith Henson
As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than anything else. Someone had to be on the incorporation papers as president.
- Keith Henson
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Image of John Mott
Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible.
- John Mott
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Image of John Mott
There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent.
- John Mott
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Image of Alan Autry
I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too.
- Alan Autry
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Image of E. P. Thompson
I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
- E. P. Thompson
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Image of Nguyen Cao Ky
Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena.
- Nguyen Cao Ky
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Image of Dennis Hastert
President Reagan was a leader at a time when the American people most needed leadership. He outlined a vision that captured the imagination of the free world, a vision that toppled the Communist empire and freed countless millions.
- Dennis Hastert
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Image of Bob Graham
A significant number of pages and sentences that the administration wants to keep in a classified status have already been released publicly, some of it by public statements of the leadership of the CIA and the FBI.
- Bob Graham
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Image of Jeff Miller
Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership.
- Jeff Miller
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Image of Kevin Rollins
There would not be enough talent that's educated, developed and ready to take on the next leadership challenge, and it would cap our growth. Now we've put programs in place not to have that happen, but that could be a weakness.
- Kevin Rollins
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Image of Frederick Reines
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.
- Frederick Reines
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Image of Norman Lear
In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.
- Norman Lear
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Image of Kamisese Mara
It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.
- Kamisese Mara
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Image of H. Rap Brown
An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.
- H. Rap Brown
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Image of Marty Meehan
Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.
- Marty Meehan
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Image of Adolf Hitler
The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.
- Adolf Hitler
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Image of Peter Pace
There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender.
- Peter Pace
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Image of Howard Dean
There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're the party of no. They desperately need some intellectual leadership. And whatever you think of Newt Gingrich, he can supply intellectual leadership. So I hope he does run.
- Howard Dean
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Image of Tom Coburn
We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.
- Tom Coburn
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Image of Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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.
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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Image of Harriet Harman
I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.
- Harriet Harman
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Image of Harriet Harman
Actually, I don't ever think there will be a men-only team of leadership in the Labour party again. People would look at it and say, 'What? Are there no women in the party to be part of the leadership? Do men want to do it all themselves?' It just won't happen again.
- Harriet Harman
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Image of Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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Image of Dee Dee Myers
I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account; you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.
- Dee Dee Myers
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Image of Eric Massa
I am leaving because I have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer the Democratic leadership, a health care bill that's going to destroy this country, my opposition to it and a belief that my party has become what it became - what it campaigned against.
- Eric Massa
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Image of Mitt Romney
Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life.
- Mitt Romney
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Image of Paul Ryan
The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering.
- Paul Ryan
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Image of Iain Duncan Smith
Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about.
- Iain Duncan Smith
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Image of John Thune
I think that all areas of the budget have to be scrubbed. Clearly the entitlement issues have to be reformed and that's an issue that's going to require I think some strong bipartisan cooperation and leadership.
- John Thune
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Image of John Thune
I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to govern in a way - at least put forward solutions whether or not the president goes along with them or not, that deal with these long-term challenges.
- John Thune
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Image of Karen Kain
It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
- Karen Kain
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Image of Henry Bonilla
President Bush offers the American people an optimistic vision and a clear choice in November. The President has provided steady leadership in remarkably changing times. He knows exactly where he wants to lead this country, and he has complete confidence in the American people.
- Henry Bonilla
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Image of Daisaku Ikeda
Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction.
- Daisaku Ikeda
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Image of Preet Bharara
History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.
- Preet Bharara
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Image of Thomas Frank
We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's?
- Thomas Frank
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Image of John Podhoretz
Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.
- John Podhoretz
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Image of Michael Gove
Labor, under their current leadership, want to be the Downtown Abbey party when it comes to educational opportunity. They think working class children should stick to the station in life they were born into - they should be happy to be recognized for being good with their hands and not presume to get above themselves.
- Michael Gove
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Image of Park Geun-hye
Different times need different types of leadership.
- Park Geun-hye
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Image of Mick Cornett
People look for their leadership to lead.
- Mick Cornett
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Image of Ed Rendell
I think national issues play into gubernatorial races less than, obviously, in Senate and Congressional races. Much less. They tend to be more decided by personality, leadership qualities and by state or local issues. They still have some effect, no question about it, but not as much as Senate and Congressional races.
- Ed Rendell
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Image of Dianna Agron
I definitely wasn't cool in high school. I really wasn't. I did belong to many of the clubs and was in leadership on yearbook and did the musical theater route, so I had friends in all areas. But I certainly did not know what to wear, did not know how to do my hair, all those things.
- Dianna Agron
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Image of Gary Ackerman
People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
- Gary Ackerman
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Image of Vicente Fox
Obama is thoroughly mixed up with all these things he's got. He's got to solve Libya. He's got to solve Afghanistan. He's everywhere. And this nation, I don't know why it's not showing the leadership and capacity to attend different issues at the same time.
- Vicente Fox
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Image of Young Jeezy
Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.
- Young Jeezy
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Image of Park Chan-wook
When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.
- Park Chan-wook
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