“There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless require a courageous change of attitude on the part of political leaders.” NeedsPoliticalTurnsLinesAttitudeLeaderEconomicProduceBenefitsFinancialReformCourageousEthicalNeverthelessPolitical LeadersEconomic Reforms Book:Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion Source: Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion
“A few years ago the idea that extreme poverty was harmful was on the fringes of the economic and political debate. But having made the case we are now seeing an emerging consensus among business leaders, economic leaders, political leaders and even faith leaders.” YearsMadeIdeasPoliticalLeaderPovertyCasesSeeingEconomicYears AgoExtremesDebateConsensusFringeEmergingBusiness LeadersPolitical LeadersExtreme PovertyPolitical Debates Author:Winnie Byanyima
“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
“In Stage I, divorces were not allowed, so men's [sexual] affairs did not put women's economic security in jeopardy; in Stage II, affairs could lead to divorce, so men's affairs did place women's economic security in jeopardy. We did not want political leaders who would be role models for behavior that would put women's economic security in jeopardy.” MenWantWould BePoliticalLeaderRolesEconomicStageSecurityBehaviorModelsAffairDivorceRole ModelsPolitical LeadersJeopardyEconomic Security Author:Warren Farrell
“A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities.” KnowsWholeGovernmentSocialLeaderKnow HowEconomicFunctionUnionsIncludingUniversityEconomic SystemsSystems Of Government Author:Jean Chretien
“[The right] may never bring prayer back to schools, but it has rescued all manner of rightwing economic nostrums from history's dustbins. Having rolled back the landmark economic reforms of the sixties (the war on poverty) and those of the thirties (labor law, agricultural price supports, banking regulation), its leaders now turn their guns on the accomplishments of the earliest years of progressivism (Woodrow Wilson's estate tax; Theodore Roosevelt's anti-trust measures). With a little more effort, the backlash may well repeal the entire twentieth century.” YearsWellsMayLittlesWarSchoolLawTurnsPrayerEffortLeaderPovertySupportEconomicCenturyTaxesGunLaborReformAccomplishmentRegulationSixtyEstatesBankingTwentieth CenturyWilsonLandmarksBacklashProgressivismTheodoreWar On PovertyDustbinLabor LawsEconomic ReformsEstate Taxes Author:Thomas Frank
“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
“Economic growth and environmental preservation are two sides of the same coin. There's no better illustration of that point than the California Clean Tech Open, which challenges California entrepreneurs to bring new, clean technologies to market. I encourage business leaders, policy makers, and environmental advocates to support this innovative, exciting competition.” TwoSidesGrowthChallengesLeaderTechnologySupportEconomicPolicyExcitingEntrepreneurCompetitionCleanEnvironmentalCaliforniaMakersPreservationCoinsInnovativeEconomic GrowthTwo SidesCleanlinessIllustrationBusiness LeadersPolicy Makers Author:Terry Tamminen
“The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is.” PeopleKnowsSaidSchoolLeaderSupportEconomicDevelopmentToolsPublic SchoolEconomic DevelopmentMissouriElected Leaders Author:Jay Nixon
“As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's elites.” WayWarCountryStatesUnitedLeaderUnited StatesDemocracyEconomicCitizensBenefitsFlagsElitesBleakWaging War Author:Samantha Power
“We need to organize ourselves and protest against existing order - against war, against economic and sexual exploitation, against racism, etc. But to organize ourselves in such a way that means correspond to the ends, and to organize ourselves in such a way as to create kind of human relationship that should exist in future society. That would mean to organize ourselves without centralize authority, without charismatic leader, in a way that represents in miniature the ideal of the future egalitarian society.” WayNeedsShouldHumansKindMeanWarEndsOrderLeaderEconomicAuthorityRacismIdealsEtcProtestExploitationOrganizeHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsCharismaticMiniaturesAgainst WarAgainst RacismFuture Society Author:Howard Zinn
“The parallel between antifeminism and race prejudice is striking. The same underlying motives appear to be at work, namely fear, jealousy, feelings of insecurity, fear of economic competition, guilt feelings, and the like. Many of the leaders of the feminist movement in the nineteenth-century United States clearly understood the similarity of the motives at work in antifeminism and race discrimination and associated themselves with the anti slavery movement.” StatesFeelingsUnitedRaceLeaderUnited StatesEconomicCenturyMovementRacismUnderstoodPrejudiceSlaveryGuiltCompetitionFeministDiscriminationMotiveInsecuritySexismParallelsSimilarityNineteenth CenturyFeminist MovementAnti SlaveryGuilt FeelingsEconomic Competition Author:Ashley Montagu
“The best attitude to receive the Pope's teachings is to understand that he is a religious leader and the essence of his message comes from the Gospel, not from one ideology or another.And so, if our economic systems are not oriented toward the human person but only concerned with profits, he wants to confront the system and change it. This, by the way, is common to all the popes, it comes directly from the so-called social teachings of the church.” IfsWayWantHumansPersonsSocialChurchReligiousCommonAttitudeLeaderEconomicTeachingMessagesConcernedEssenceProfitIdeologyPopeEconomic SystemsBest AttitudeReligious Leaders Author:Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo
“The next Prime Minister walking through that door will be me or Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, you can choose an economy that grows, that creates jobs, that generates the money to ensure a properly funded and improving National Health Service ... and a government that will cut taxes for 30 million hard-working people ... or you can choose the economic chaos of Ed Miliband's Britain.” PeopleHardGovernmentJobsNextGrowsPartyLeaderMillionsEconomyCuttingDoorsEconomicHealthHard WorkWalkingTaxesChaosMinistersBritainLabourPrimeImprovingPrime MinisterLabour PartyHealth ServicesNhs Author:David Cameron
“We can only live the changes we wish to see: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create. We must break the obsolete social and economic systems that divide the world between the over-privileged and the under-privileged. Each of us, whether government leader or protester, business executive or worker, professor or student, share a common guilt.” ThinkingWorldWayGovernmentDesireHumanityWishSocialCommonLeaderBreakGroupsShareEconomicStudentsModelsGuiltEnvironmentalWorkersExecutivesDividesProfessorsPrivilegedStewardshipObsoleteEconomic Systems Author:Ivan Illich
“If we are to remain preeminent in transforming knowledge into economic value, America's system of higher education must remain the world's leader in generating scientific and technological breakthrough, and in meeting the challenge to educate workers.” IfsWorldAmericaValuesChallengesLeaderEconomicTeachingHigherMeetingsWorkersEducateTechnologicalBreakthroughTransformingHigher EducationEconomic Value Author:Alan Greenspan
“Cities can be rebuilt, industries can be rebuilt, what really matters are strategy forces, military forces and the cadres leaders, political, military and economic.” MatterPoliticalForceCitiesLeaderEconomicMilitaryIndustryStrategyMilitary ForceCadre Author:Richard Pipes
“There is a clear connection between developing the skills and talents of young people, and our economic success as a province. Initiatives like the Make Your Pitch competition and the Ontario Social Impact Voucher help us nurture the next generation of business leaders. We will continue creating an inviting environment for our next generation of entrepreneurs, ensuring they develop the right skills needed to succeed in a globally competitive economy and build the future of Ontario.” PeopleHelpingYoungNextSocialLeaderEconomyClearEnvironmentGenerationsEconomicTalentNeededSucceedSkillsCreatingConnectionsImpactEntrepreneurCompetitionDevelopingInitiativeNurtureNext GenerationProvincesInvitingBusiness LeadersOntarioVouchersSocial ImpactEconomic SuccessSkills And Talent Author:Brad Duguid
“We do not have many women leaders in the world. But if you look at the current examples, most of those few female leaders that we have today lead their countries under the pressure of difficult political and economic circumstances. They all posses strong personalities and have real political influence on the domestic and international scene.” IfsWorldLooksRealCountryTodayPoliticalStrongDifficultLeaderInfluenceEconomicExamplePersonalityCircumstancesSceneFemalePressureInternationalCurrentsPosseStrong PersonWoman LeaderFemale LeadersStrong PersonalityPolitical Influence Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“The economic freedom that made the U.S. economy the leader of the world has given way toa rigged, controlled, and regulated economy.” WorldWayMadeGivenLeaderEconomyEconomicControlledEconomic FreedomRigged Author:Bill Bonner
“I think that as much as any leader is marketed we have to learn that unless we inject ourselves specifically and link our revolution to the economic struggle of our people and address those specific issues then we're never really going to have control of what happens.” PeopleThinkingHappensLeaderStruggleIssuesEconomicRevolutionAddressesLinks Author:Immortal Technique
“Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.” LooksImportantCountryMatterEnergyLeaderEconomicSecurityImportanceProductionsOur CountryNational SecurityRomneyAlaskaEnergy Production Author:Lisa Murkowski
“While it is almost certainly true that leaders ought to eat last, the evidence on the ever-widening difference between CEO and average employee pay and the enormous severance packages leaders obtain even as front-line workers see their economic well-being eviscerated makes a mockery of the idea that leaders do anything other than take care of themselves.” WellsIdeasCareLastsDifferencesLinesPayLeaderEconomicFrontsOughtEvidenceWorkersAverageTake CareEnormousWell BeingEmployeeCeoPackagesMockery Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“The final goal of world revolution is not socialism, or even communism, it is not a change in the present economic system, it is not the destruction of civilization in a material sense. The revolution desired by the leaders is moral and spiritual, it is an anarchy of ideas in which all the bases established nineteen centuries ago shall be overthrown, all the honored traditions trodden under foot, and, above all, the Christian ideal finally obliterated.” WorldIdeasChristianSpiritualGoalLeaderMoralFeetEconomicCenturyMaterialsRevolutionCivilizationIdealsTraditionDestructionBasesFinalsJewSocialismCommunismAnarchyHonoredEconomic SystemsNineteen Author:Leon V. DePoncins
“I genuinely did not expect more than half our nation to choose to walk away from our long-term allies into the arms of our new friends Vladimir Putin, Marine Le Pen and Donald Trump. Or that they would do so without an economic plan, a trading strategy, or a credible leader, making the average Briton's future more uncertain than any time since the Blitz.” LongNationsTermWalksHalfLeaderPlansEconomicArmsTrumpStrategyAverageLong TermPensAlliesUncertainTradingMarinePutinCredibleNew FriendsBlitzBritons Author:Brian Reade
“I come from a family of conservation activists, and so I've had a strong connection to nature all my life. My father has been a leader within the movement for over thirty years and has taught most of what I know about environmental conservation. While he would always take me hiking, camping, and rafting, he also taught me that the spiritual value of the outdoors alone is not enough to save nature against economic interests.” KnowsYearsHas BeensEnoughSpiritualValuesFatherStrongInterestLeaderEconomicMovementTaughtConnectionsEnvironmentalThirtyActivistTake MeHikingConservationThirty YearsCampingSpiritual ValuesSave NatureRaftingStrong Connection Author:Edward Norton
“There God tells us exactly what is going to happen and scripture tells us that there is going to come a world leader who will initially bring overtures of peace. He will help the Jewish people rebuild their temple in Jerusalem. He will have a new economic system where you don't buy or sell without his mark. Initially, for some, it will look like a good deal because there will be peace, as I said.” PeopleWorldLooksSaidHelpingHappensDealsLeaderEconomicMarkSellsScriptureTemplesJerusalemEconomic SystemsWorld Leader Author:Greg Laurie
“It is a major world power, and today it is an economic and military leader - no doubt about it. That is why America has a strong influence on the situation in the world in general.” WorldTodayAmericaStrongSituationLeaderDoubtInfluenceEconomicMilitaryMajorsNo DoubtMilitary LeaderWorld Power Author:Vladimir Putin