#leaders

Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. ↗

— John Legend

#biographies #bit #booker #civil #civil rights

And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders. ↗

— Ernest Mandel

#cannot #group #leader #leaders #omniscient

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#appreciate #behind #better #celebrate #danger

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#combine #continent #deserts #dream #efforts

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#brains #countries #dying #following #innocent

It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time. ↗

— Kamisese Mara

#call #final #government #i #leadership

I wish no teams had cheerleaders. I find it more distracting than anything else. ↗

— Kate Mara

#cheerleaders #distracting #else #find #had

The number of business leaders who asked me to lower their taxes can be counted on one hand. ↗

— Jack Markell

#business #business leaders #counted #hand #leaders

The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years. ↗

— Ed Markey

#bush #congress #dramatically #economy #five

I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#always #am #artist #bob #bob marley