Quotes About Leadership

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Politics, these days, is no occupation for an educated man, a man of character. Ignorance and total lousiness are better.

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

They should rule who are able to rule best.

The man fit to command may be compared with the architect, who adjusts the plan and directs its execution. His skill must extend to every part of the work; that of his workmen is limited by their respective tasks.

But if safety be their common concern, the good of the governors must correspond with the good of the governed, and the interest of the servant must coincide with the interest of the master.

It is easier to get one or a few of good sense, and of ability to legislate and adjudge, than to get many.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

The wise man must not be ordered but must order, and he must not obey another, but the less wise must obey him.

In the work of government, reason is the architect; it is the part of reason to command, and the duty of weakness and of passion to obey.

Magistrates rule by an established rotation; kings reign for life.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Reason ... governs like a just and lawful prince, and the little community of man is thus held together and sustained.

Kings ought to differ from their subjects, not in kind, but in perfection.

Victory is the end of generalship.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Paraphrased for brevity: Those who think a HERILE government is the same as a regal government or that of a large family or of a city are mistaken.

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.

People in government and public life are being kicked around at a high rate of speed.

Elected officials deposed each other by lawsuits.

Tenochtitlán y Texcoco aportarían guerreros y estrategas, mientras que la humilde Tacuba proporcionaría cargadores y tortillas

A decent human being is ashamed at being somebody's boss!