Leadership Quotes
“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.”
“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.”
-- Tom Ridge
“Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.”
-- Pete Hoekstra
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
“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
“I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.”
-- Yitzhak Shamir
“And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether you're talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they look to the United States for leadership and you're part of that leadership.”
-- Don Nickles