Quotes about Leadership Dynamics

Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.

At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beware of leaders who prefer controlling 100 % of nothing over sharing a fortune.

Democracy and tyranny are not distant relatives. They're bedfellows."-General John JamesCommandant, USMCDecember 11th, 2032

We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

You suffer from the oldest delusion in politics. You think you can change the world by talking to a leader. Leaders are the effects, not the causes of changes.

I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.

Following rulers instead of prophets, the wicked can rule you, but the knowledge can stop it.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

Politics is concerned with herds rather than with individuals, and the passions which are important in politics are, therefore, those in which the various members of a given herd can feel alike.

History is past politics, and politics is present history.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

The Senate just sits and waits till they find out what the president wants, so they know how to vote against him.

Personally, I'd rather have pins stuck in my eyes than endure a conversation with John Kerry, but I'd love to hang with Bush.

Quite obviously power will continue to play a central role in global politics as it always does. But usually there is something else.

I describe in 'Chimpanzee Politics' how the alpha male needs broad support to reach the top spot. He needs some close allies and he needs many group members to be on his side.

Politics is largely the process of taking credit and putting the blame on others - regardless of what the facts may be.

Politics is but a narrow field.

Politics is for the present, while our equations are for eternity.

If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?

It wasn't too difficult to see that [Ian] Paisley would never do anything positive.