Quotes About Leadership

lo oyeron decir: «Hasta aquí vamos bien».

presidente más que Nixon podría haber sido tan arrogante y estúpido.

You know you're winning in politics, when your opponents steal your ideas.

criminality was particularly horrifying in a president who had campaigned on a law-and-order ticket.

Lo hemos conseguido —pensó—. Hemos organizado una revolución.» «Hemos derrocado al zar.»

Abbot Peter had come in to show him the way. Unarmed and defenseless, the abbot had instantly stopped the bloodshed, with nothing but the authority of his Church and the force of his goodness. That scene had inspired Philip all his life.

The easy problems get solved right away, so only the hard ones are left. That's why you should never believe a politician with simple answers.

When I was doing the research for Fall of Giants, I was shocked to realize that the First World War was a war that nobody wanted. No European leader on either side intended for it to happen. But the emperors and prime ministers, one by one, made decisions –logical, moderate decisions –each of which took us a small step closer to the most terrible conflict the world had ever known. I came to believe that it was all a tragic accident. And I wondered: Could that happen again?

El tono de un gobierno lo establecían quienes ocupaban sus puestos más altos, y Bak no estaba sino imitando el estilo del líder supremo, que hacía gala de la terca superioridad de un fanático religioso.

When the general staff closed their eyes to bad news, men died.

mind back to his dilemma. What do we do in politics

Wilson cree que un presidente debe hacer frente a la opinión pública como un velero al viento: debe aprovecharse de ella, pero nunca directamente en contra de ella

So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people." "That's democracy.

tanto, si Alfred se iba, Dan con toda

Es mejor contar con un ejército pequeño y disciplinado que tener una turba ingente que retroceda o se rinda a las primeras de cambio.

He is now king of Scotland in all but legitimacy!

Are we in danger of becoming the world's policeman

Lenin ha trasladado su gobierno de Petrogrado a Moscú

Stalin había permitido que se le denominase oficialmente Padre, Maestro, Gran Líder, Transformador de la Naturaleza, Gran Timonel, Genio de la Humanidad y el Mayor Genio de Todos los Tiempos y los Pueblos.

Se trata de pragmatismo político, nada más.

Although she was a martinet, tough on discipline, she gave her deputies room to make their own decisions. She

Protesters can have a big impact, but in the end it's governments that reshape the world

people always credit prime ministers with more brains than they've got.

Because in the end the taxpayers of every country will pay for the war—but the politician who tells them that will never win another election.