Quotes About Leadership

I will support my party when they are right on an issue, but am not afraid to stand up to party bosses who are not looking out for the best interests of my constituents and our country.

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

As the daughter of a civil rights leader, I believe in the power that compels people to stand up for their freedoms, for justice and opportunity. I know that marching inspires people to take an active role in creating positive change for a better America.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

If I want to make political decisions, I should stand for election. If I want to do something in the legal field, that's different; that is my - they are my qualifications, but you know, the politicians are the ones who stand up there and are answerable to the people.

Remember that in the early days of the feminist movement, they refused to have a leader; different women would just stand up and speak. The early feminists were very careful to not put what was spontaneously arising back in the old bottle.

World leaders and, particularly, Muslim religious leaders need to stand up and protect the oppressed.

It's a great shame that the head of our established church is not actually prepared to stand up and fight for our Christian culture in this country.

The question for politicians here is fundamental: You can read the polls, or you can change the polls. Stand up on the things you believe in.

If you can't be president - if you cannot stand up and represent Americans, you should not be president.

There will be times in South Africa when we will be challenged as a team. We have to stand up to that.

When I stand up in front of groups of people who agree with me, I know I have to really step my game up because I can't just sort of meet them where they're at; I have to take them somewhere else. They want you to challenge them and have good ideas.

It is my hope that as South Carolina senators, that we will stand up for what is best and good about our state.

The fact is that Hillary Clinton could not stand up to a cheating husband, so how in the world would she stand up to North Korea and some of our other enemies around the globe?

To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.

I want people who will stand up to me. People who are not afraid to say exactly what's on their minds, even though that's probably not what I want to hear. That's what I want.

It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've told my colleagues it's time that we go stand up for the president.

We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush.

You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.

Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.

What the American people want to see in their president is somebody who not necessarily can win every fight, but they want to see him stand up and fight for what he believes, take his case to the American people.

People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.

You can't manage by memo. You can't stand up there and just send out edicts. I think you just gotta really personalize your relationships.