“All Americans and freedom-loving people around the world owe President Reagan our deepest gratitude for his strong, principled leadership that ended the Cold War and brought freedom to millions of people.”

“I think America has more than enough maturity and intelligence to start exercising its world leadership responsibly.”

“Different times need different types of leadership.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country.”

“Germany must be a country which generates political ideas and leadership, which is capable of compromise, which is sovereign and yet knows that it needs its partners on both sides of the Atlantic.”

“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.”

“The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.”

“Go as far as you can see when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.”

“If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obama's leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff.”

“Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.”

“This is one of the major problems we have. By the way, it was endorsed by leadership on both sides of the aisle and both ends of the Capitol, by the NRA and also by the gun control groups.”

“The Leadership Training Institute of America trains and equips young men and women to be leaders with high standards of personal morality and integrity.”

“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”

“We do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership.”

“Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.”

“Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses.”

“To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.”

“But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.”

“So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We don't need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House.”

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”