Leadership

Blind faith in your leaders or anything will get you killed.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened.

The truth is that real change never takes place from the top on down, but always from the bottom on up.

Change does not take place by whispering.

Not me. Us.

Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

We have met the enemy and they are ours.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.

I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.

Leadership is not given, it is earned through perseverance and character.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.

The most dangerous phrase in the language is, 'We've always done it this way.'