“If the religious leaders have influence, they will not permit girls and boys to wrestle together, as recently happened in Shiraz.” IfsTogetherGirlReligiousLeaderBoysHappenedInfluencePermitBoy And GirlReligious Leaders Author:Ruhollah Khomeini
“I've been able to dine with presidents, with leaders of corporations, traveled for 14 years with (financier and philanthropist) Michael Milken, who has taught me so much about life. Hanging around with them, it's nothing I could have believed in grade school. I could be with all of them? Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Dean Martin ... this former third-string pitcher from the Norristown High baseball team and the son of an Italian immigrant? I really am in awe when I think that has happened to me. What a life.” ThinkingYearsAbleSchoolPresidentLeaderHappenedTeamTaughtSonBaseballThirdsFormerCorporationsAweGradesImmigrantsStringsItalianTraveledPitcherDeanPhilanthropistMiltonHanging AroundDineGrades In SchoolFinanciersBaseball Team Author:Tommy Lasorda
“No rising hope on the political scene who offered his services to Labour when I happened to be its leader can be dismissed as an opportunist.” PoliticalLeaderHappenedSceneRisingLabourOpportunist Author:Michael Foot
“Over and over again, people had to disobey lawful authority to follow the voice of their conscience. This obedience to God and disobedience to the State has, over and over again, happened throughout history. It is time again to cry out against our 'leaders,' to question (since it is not for us to say that they are evil) whether or not they are sane.” PeopleStatesEvilVoiceLeaderHappenedCryAuthorityConscienceObedienceSaneDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceObedience To God Author:Dorothy Day
“I hate to think that someday Americans will be looking at the ruins of their cities and saying that this happened because their leaders were afraid of the word unilateral.” ThinkingWarHateCitiesLeaderHappenedI HateRuinsSomeday Book:Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays Source: Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays
“The main importance of Francis Bacon's influence does not lie in any peculiar theory of inductive reasoning which he happened to express, but in the revolt against second-hand information of which he was a leader.” DoeHandsLyingLeaderHappenedInfluenceInformationTheoryImportanceReasoningPeculiarRevoltSecond Hand Book:Aims of Education Source: Aims of Education
“Look what happened with regard to our invasion into Afghanistan, how we apparently intentionally let bin Laden get away. That was done by the previous administration because they knew very well that if they would capture al Qaeda, there would be no justification for an invasion in Iraq. There’s no question that the leader of the military operations of the U.S. called back our military, called them back from going after the head of al Qaeda.” IfsWellsLooksDoneWould BeLeaderHappenedMilitaryRegardIraqAdministrationOperationsGet AwayAlsCaptureAfghanistanJustificationInvasionBin LadenAl QaedaMilitary Operations Author:Maurice Hinchey
“Leadership is accomplishing something through other people that wouldn't have happened if you weren't there. . . Leadership is being able to mobilize ideas and values that energize other people. . . . Leaders develop a story line that engages other people.” PeopleIfsIdeasStoriesAbleValuesLinesLeaderHappenedAccomplishing Something Author:Noel Tichy
“If you look at the other people around at the time - Charles Clarke, Alistair Darling, Jack Straw - they've all gone. And they're not old. What's happened is that someone who is quite old - Jeremy Corbyn - is now leader. We have to take some responsibility for that.” PeopleIfsLooksResponsibilityLeaderGoneHappenedDarlingStraws Author:Alastair Campbell
“There is no immigration policy in the US that is permitting what's happening. What's happening here is happening outside the law, that our leaders do not wish to enforce or acknowledge. And the same thing happened in the UK.” LawWishLeaderHappenedPolicyHappeningsThings HappenImmigrationAcknowledgeImmigration Policy Author:Rush Limbaugh