Quotes About Leadership

sat to my left.

Greg—whom I had known since graduate school—called and asked if I had any interest in succeeding him.

The idea was watch what I do, not what I say.

with the president having just been reelected, I could expect to be involved in new policy initiatives.

at the request of Jean-Claude Trichet, I called a videoconference of the FOMC to discuss renewing

My staff and I frequently worked late into the evening, dining on take-out meals from a nearby Subway.

It turned out, however, to have been the right appointment.

and I went on with the presentation.

But in a financial crisis, the words of government officials carry extraordinary weight.

Trump's victory was not an isolated event but part of a worldwide trend toward populism.

Ronald Reagan was not a god. He himself would have said that. Don't follow people. Follow principle.

If Obama learned one thing from FDR, it was that every socialist needs his foot soldiers.

Rule #2: Hit First. Don't take the punch first. Hit first. Hit hard. Hit where it counts. Mike

If Obama learned one thing from FDR, it was that every socialist needs his foot soldiers. And what better place to get them than the unions?

Authoritarians rarely recognize their own authoritarianism. To them, authoritarianism looks like simple virtue.

I liked George W. Bush, but his second term was a disaster area. So was much of his first term. I don't feel the necessity to defend his Iran policy, because it was terrible. Period. Ronald Reagan was not a god. He himself would have said that. Don't follow people. Follow principle.

Essentially, Romney's campaign slogan was this: "Obama: Good Guy, Bad President.

Professor Richard Sklar of UCLA described socialism as a "great idea"3 and communist dictator Mao Tse-Tung as a "great leader.

Implementation of socialism has resulted in more deaths than all the international wars of the twentieth century combined. Is socialism really a "great idea"? Mao caused the deaths of millions of his own people. Does that constitute great leadership?

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Christ did not exalt himself in a world full of self-promotion; rather he stepped down and served others, which most, especially the elite, in the Greco-Roman world would have seen as despicable, not admirable.

A strong man stands up for himself, a stronger man stands up for others.

I put my life in danger and came here because I feel this country is in danger. People are worried. We will bring the country out of this crisis.

I find that whenever I am in power, or my father was in power, somehow good things happen. The economy picks up, we have good rains, water comes, people have crops. I think the reason this happens is that we want to give love and we receive love.