“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.”

“What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief.”

“Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.”

“I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.”

“We need to be a leadership position about protecting minors on the Internet and, more importantly, giving the parents the tools they need to protect them.”

“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.”

“Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.”

“Strong convictions precede great actions.”

“Clarity affords focus.”

“In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.”

“To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.”

“There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.”

“Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.”

“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.”

“Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership.”

“No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.”

“The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a half.”

“This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.”

“Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.”

“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”

“But 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.”