Leadership Quotes
“They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it.”
“But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.”
-- Martin McGuinness
“Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.”
-- Ferdinand Marcos
“Hope and change? We're not doing that anymore. They're doing attack and blame. And so, I just think people are going to see through this. They want real leadership. They want us to get this country on the right track.”
-- Paul Ryan
“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”
-- Henry Ward Beecher
“Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system.”
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison
“Party domination and State leadership are concepts incompatible with one another.”
-- Franz von Papen
“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”
-- Norman Schwarzkopf