“Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.” KnowsFirstsSeemsWould BeAmericaNationsPerfectLeaderClassImagineStudentsCollegeCitizensCreatingNotionAbsurdSupposed To BeSatDiverseCompositionFilling Author:Eric Liu
“Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America.” WarAmericaPoliticalLeaderMoralClassStreetsMiddlePolicyWallGreedCorporateMiddle ClassDestroyingElsewhereBillionaireCorporate Greed Author:Bernie Sanders
“Our society, our culture - the greatness of America - goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We need energy, OK?” NeedsHandsAmericaCultureEnergyLeaderGreatnessWake UpOur SocietyHand In HandGreatness Of America Author:Rick Santelli
“Given a short time with a psycho-politician you can alter forever the loyalty of a soldier in our hands or a statesman or a leader in his own country, or you can destroy his mind.” MindCountryHandsAmericaGivenLeaderForeverPoliticianSoldierLoyaltyCommunismStatesmenShort TimePsycho Author:Lavrentiy Beria
“Michelle Kwan means more to the United States Olympic Committee than maybe any athlete that's every performed. She's a leader, she's been gracious, she's somebody to cherish forever. She's a real loss to the United States Olympic Committee, to the United States of America and, I think, to the world.” ThinkingWorldMeanRealStatesAmericaLossUnitedLeaderUnited StatesForeverAthleteCherishUnited States Of AmericaCommitteesGracious Author:Peter Ueberroth
“Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it's really going to hold them back if they don't.” IfsThinkingShouldAmericaLeaderBoysGayAdultsBoy ScoutBoy Scouts Of America Author:Bear Grylls
“There is no more effective way to radicalize American Muslim youth than for political leaders to make public displays of prejudice against all Muslims. Suspicion will undermine their sense of identification with America and alienate some from both the culture and from politics.” WayAmericaPoliticalCultureLeaderYouthPrejudiceDisplaySuspicionIdentificationPolitical Leaders Author:Miroslav Volf
“I don't think America should be the policeman of the world, but we have to be engaged and we have to be a leader, and that comes from strong economic growth, a strong military, good diplomatic efforts, and integrating our business community. I just think it's a whole new paradigm.” ThinkingWorldShouldWholeAmericaStrongGrowthCommunityEffortLeaderEconomicMilitaryEngagedEconomic GrowthPolicemenParadigmIntegratingDiplomatic Author:John Kasich
“The problem facing our people here in America is bigger than all other personal or organizational differences. Therefore, as leaders, we must stop worrying about the threat that we seem to think we pose to each other's personal prestige, and concentrate our united efforts toward solving the unending hurt that is being done daily to our people here in America.” PeopleThinkingDoneProblemSeemsAmericaDifferencesHurtUnitedEffortLeaderWorryBiggerThreatPrestigeBeing DoneStop WorryingUnendingOrganizational Author:Malcolm X
“I am convinced that unless America changes course, we will become the France of the 21st Century - still a great nation, but no longer the leader of the world...” WorldStillsAmericaCoursesNationsLeaderCenturyConvincedFrance21st CenturyLaw EnforcementGreat Nations Author:Mitt Romney
“You know, this country today, it seems to me - it's about fear. And it shouldn't be about fear. It should be about hope and optimism and creativity and accepting a challenge and being a moral leader and being a great nation.” KnowsShouldCountrySeemsTodayAmericaNationsChallengesLeaderAcceptingMoralCreativityOptimismGreat NationsOptimism And Hope Author:Tom Vilsack
“The United States has already passed on as the world's economic leader. Having flouted Thomas Jefferson for too long, America has succumbed to public debt, the 'fore horse for oppression and despotism,' after which 'taxation will follow, and in its train wretchedness and oppression.'” WorldLongStatesAmericaUnitedLeaderUnited StatesEconomicHorseTrainDebtOppressionTaxationDespotismWretchedness Author:Ilana Mercer
“Despite its increased dependence on the international economy, America continues to behave as if it were either a closed economy or the leader whom everyone else should automatically follow.” IfsShouldAmericaLeaderEconomyInternationalDespiteBehaveDependence Book:The Political Economy of International Relations Source: The Political Economy of International Relations
“Whether meeting with leaders and parents concerned about drugs in Bonn, Lisbon, or with the Holy Father at the Vatican, or doing a pretty fair flamenco in Madrid, I think Nancy's one of the best ambassadors America's ever had.” ThinkingAmericaFatherParentLeaderHolyDrugConcernedFairsMeetingsAmbassadorsNancyMadridFlamenco Author:Ronald Reagan
“Of the six men who have done most to make America the wonder and the joy she is to all of us, not one could be the citizen of a government so constituted; for Washington and Franklin and Jefferson, certainly the three mightiest leaders in our early history, were heretics in their day, Deists, as men called them; and Garrison and Lincoln and Sumner, certainly the three mightiest in these later times, would all be disfranchised by the proposed amendment. Lincoln could not have taken the oath of office had such a clause been in the Constitution.” MenDoneGovernmentAmericaJoyThreeLeaderWonderTakenAtheismCitizensOfficeSixConstitutionPositive AtheismAmendmentsOathFranklinHereticX MenClausesDeistOath Of Office Author:John Chadwick
“Im looking for leaders who are going to go to Washington for a season, not career politicians. People who understand that the strength of America comes from the private sector, not Washington, D.C.” PeopleAmericaLeaderCareersPoliticianSeasonsPrivate SectorCareer Politicians Author:Keith Rothfus
“This is the face of our political class: arrogant, authoritarian, and on the level of some banana republic south of the border. Welcome to the New America, where leader-worship has taken the place of politics, Team Red and Team Blue battle it out to see who gets to be El Supremo for the next four years, and politics resembles a prolonged soccer game.” YearsAmericaFacesPoliticalNextGamesLevelsLeaderClassTakenFourTeamBattleWorshipRedBlueSouthWelcomeSoccerBordersRepublicFour YearsArrogantBananasSoccer Game Author:Justin Raimondo
“Part of America's industrial problems is the aim of its corporate managers. Most American executives think they are in the business to make money, rather than products or service. The Japanese corporate credo, on the other hand, is that a company should become the world's most efficient provider of whatever product and service it offers. Once it becomes the world leader and continues to offer good products, profits follow.” ThinkingWorldShouldProblemHandsAmericaCompanyLeaderProductsOffersAimProfitManagersMaking MoneyCorporateExecutivesEfficientWorld LeaderProvidersCredo Author:W. Edwards Deming
“We're a leader sure, but still a member of the global community. And that's true and important and when America acts like its worst self on the global stage is when we forget that.” StillsImportantSelfAmericaCommunityForgetLeaderWorstStageMembersGlobal Community Author:Ben Dreyfuss
“America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.” GivingTwoKidsJobsAmericaDifferencesLeaderEconomyMomLowsStrongerUnionsStriveCongressImmigrantsCeoBetter Life Author:Barack Obama
“Incrementalism: In the first generation, the goal of the movement was wholesale social and cultural transformation. Small, incremental victories were too little given the magnitude of America's moral decay. Since 1988, the new leaders have recognized that incrementalism is the surest path to success in political competition. The current movement is committed to securing small victories now, postponing for the long-term more fundamental changes in society and politics.” FirstsLittlesLongAmericaPoliticalGivenSocialGoalTermLeaderMoralPathGenerationsAtheismMovementVictoryTransformationFundamentalsCompetitionCurrentsCommittedPositive AtheismLong TermDecayMagnitudeWholesalePostponingPath To SuccessSmall VictoriesChanges In SocietyMoral DecayIncrementalism Author:Kenneth D. Wald
“And uh, so, I'm running for a reason. I'm answering this question here and the answer is, you cannot lead America to a positive tomorrow with revenge on one's mind. Revenge is so incredibly negative. And so to answer your question, I'm going to win because people sense my heart, know my sense of optimism and know where I want to lead the country. And I tease people by saying, "A leader, you can't say, follow me the world is going to be worse." I'm an optimistic person. I'm an inherently content person.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantMindHeartPersonsCountryReasonHumorRunningAmericaPoliticalWinningAnswersLeaderTomorrowMy HeartNegativeOptimismRevengeOptimisticTeaseFollow MePolitical HumorOptimistic Person Author:George W. Bush
“America is America. It's a capitalist system. They [leaders] have enshrined that belief that profit matters more than anything else. The polarization of the society is just the resurfacing of that.” MatterAmericaBeliefLeaderProfitCapitalistPolarization Author:Alice Walker
“America has an important role to play as the world leader in creating a global order, free trade, free waterways, free commerce, free movement of people. That happens because of U.S. military might.” PeopleWorldImportantPlayMightHappensAmericaOrderLeaderRolesMilitaryMovementCreatingTradeCommerceFree TradeWorld LeaderE CommerceFree Movement Author:David Brooks