Quotes About Leadership

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.

The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but its Master.

Freedom is never more in peril than when politicians feel the pressure to 'do something.'

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.'

People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace?

Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

My continued incarceration has served some good purposes. My defense committee has served as a training ground for other organizers in their defense of freedom and justice.

Mahatma Gandhi never compromised on cleanliness. He gave us freedom. We should give him a clean India.

Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.

On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.

President Obama is currently on a week-long trip to Africa, where he will promote freedom, democracy, and economic opportunity. I guess he figured it hasn't worked here - so try it somewhere else.

If you are called upon to govern humans, treat them humanely.

A fool is very dangerous when in power.

The real measure of our power is the freedom and opportunity we create for others.

I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government

The conjunction of ruling and dreaming generates tyranny.

Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.

My angel,-his name is Freedom,- Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and west, And fend you with his wing.

When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.

He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.