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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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People are afraid, and when people are afraid, when their pie is shrinking, they look for somebody to hate. They look for somebody to blame. And a real leader speaks to anxiety and to fear and allays those fears, assuages anxiety. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#anxiety #blame #fear #fears #hate

Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century have not even wondered about the merits of the capitalist system. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#aim high #apart #art form #big #confines

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#always #effects #great #great leaders #leaders

The local communities, through their leaders, were able to build a communications network that allowed my work here to reflect the needs and interests of the people within the 9th Congressional District. It's been an honor to do that and we did so successfully. ↗

— Nick Lampson

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Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example. ↗

— Jeff Landry

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Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control. ↗

— Tom Landry

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The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler. ↗

— Tom Lantos

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