#leaders

I conclude where I began, I was elected by the people of Australia to do a job. I was not elected by the factional leaders of Australia, of the Australian Labor Party to do a job - though they may be seeking to do a job on me, that's a separate matter. The challenge therefore is to honour the mandate given to me by the Australian people. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australian #began #by the people #challenge #conclude

The ecclesiastical system of Rome, and particularly its leaders, for a thousand years and more thought that the earth is fixed and that everything else revolves about it. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#earth #ecclesiastical #else #everything #fixed

Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership. ↗

— Peter Pace

#gathered #in fact #indicated #intelligence #leadership

There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender. ↗

— Peter Pace

#been #between #forces #going #ground

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service. ↗

— Sonny Perdue

#above #good #good people #judgment #knowledge

Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#ceaselessly #could #disappointment #doubt #duty

The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#issues #journalists #leadership #pay #pay attention

Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to things. The baby-boomers as political leaders are still on trial by the American people. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#american #american people #answer #everyone #had

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. ↗

— Colin Powell

#bringing #care #case #concluded #confidence

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. ↗

— Colin Powell

#always #argument #cut #debate #doubt