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Leader Quotes


"Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader."


"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."


"As far as Iraq is concerned, let's not forget what the UNSCR is about, that the main consideration in Iraq is that there is a leader who has been developing weapons of mass destruction, and has been violating UN resolutions for over a decade."


"It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground."


"I met Clinton at a benefit for teachers, which was a very good charity, but I met him for about 90 seconds, and I thought it was important to meet the leader of the free world. So I stood next to him for a photograph, and then apparently that's all it takes."


"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."


"If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me."


"Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist."


"You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader."


"I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes."


"Arizona is a national leader in school choice with both charter schools and tuition tax credits giving parents and their children more school choices than ever before."


"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit."


"Eddie is a natural leader. Jeff and I have been very much in control of previous bands we've worked in. But the way Eddie grew into being the leader of this band was the most gradual, slow and respectful process that I've ever been involved in."


"I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs."


"My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played the violin, but I followed Leon and the boys in his jazz band around."


"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be."


"A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you."


"There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience."


"I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest."


"That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader."
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