Quotes About Leadership

Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils. [Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]

Without any doubt, I am striving for power.

I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it.

If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior

We should have a strong president. Strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power that a president shouldn't have.

The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.

The depositary of power is always unpopular.

I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere.

The actions of those in power can have enormous consequences - a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.

There is also a doubt as to what is to be the supreme power in the state: - Is it the multitude? Or the wealthy? Or the good? Or the one best man? Or a tyrant?

Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

Have you ever heard of a woman bloody dictator or tyrant? I think not. If there were more women in power, I think we would have more harmony, more engagement and less suffering and less conflict.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Responsibility without power is a really bad deal.

The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

True power is the power to empower others.

Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands.

The hand entrusted with power becomes, either from human depravity or esprit de corps, the necessary enemy of the people

Power is the ability to achieve purpose.

I think there's no question Comey abused power.

I think influence is one way to exercise power and that the challenge is whether it is power over or power with. That's the essential shift that I hope can happen in the world.

In the new organisation, power flows from expertise, not position.

You can't keep changing the rules based upon who holds political power.

The real power is in the hands of small groups of people and I don't think they have titles.