Quotes About Leadership

When kings fall they fall on top of us.

Politics offers yesterday's answers to today's questions.

Robert Conquest once suggested that 'a curious little volume might be made of the poems of Stalin, Castro, Mao and Ho Chi Minh, with illustrations by A. Hitler.

When ibn Killis was on his deathbed the Caliph, deeply distressed, went to see his Jewish counsellor. The Caliph lamented: 'O Yaqub. How I wish that you were for sale so that I might buy you with my kingdom, or that you could be ransomed, that I might ransom you.'25 He later attended ibn Killis's funeral and laid his former adviser into the grave with his own hands–an extraordinary honour for a Muslim ruler to show to a Jew.

It would be a 'tour de force' to do the two jobs, Clementine continued, 'like keeping a lot of balls in the air at the same time. After all, you want to be a Statesman, not a juggler.' Churchill had no intention of giving up his Air portfolio.

The new Government is a weak one—so far as ability is concerned and largely inexperienced. Political

Churchill was in his element; work and a clear plan.

The passivity of the present Govt is beyond belief.

If I had two lives I would be a soldier and a politician. But as there will be no war in my time I shall have to be a politician.

A democracia é mais vingativa do que os governos. As guerras entre os povos serão mais terríveis do que as guerras entre os reis".

Muslim Caliph or Sultan. 29 Claudia Roden, The Book of Jewish Food, page 185.

Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.

The question is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it politic?" And Vanity comes along and asks the question, "Is it popular?" But Conscience asks the question, "Is it right?"... The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge, moments of great crisis and controversy.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.

Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down. --From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris

I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man.

Christ furnished the spirit and motivation while Gandhi furnished the method.

Violence is not only impractical but immoral.

Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind. And that's all I want to say.