“The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is.” PeopleNeedsFactsPerfectSecretLeaderAcceptingPoliticianSecret LifeShady Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“Technology will make available to the leaders of major nations, techniques for conducting secret warfare, of which only a bare minimum of the security forces need be appraised.....techniques of weather modification could be employed to produce prolonged periods of drought or storm.” NeedsForceNationsSecretLeaderTechnologySecurityProducePeriodsMajorsAvailableStormTechniqueWeatherWarfareMinimumEmployedDroughtConductingModificationSecurity Forces Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“There is no such thing as a secret among our leaders; communication is very open and honest, and if it's not, then it can become seemingly brutal. You've heard my arguments for love, friends, and authenticity, but there are the deceivers, the manipulators, the control freaks, and the self-appointed teachers in the Body who would love to use our system for their own selfish purposes. We all know the realities of the old sin nature.” IfsKnowsSelfUseBodyRealityPurposeSinSecretLeaderTeacherHeardHonestCommunicationArgumentSelfishAuthenticityFreakBrutalControl FreakDeceiverManipulator Author:Ted Haggard
“We consider ourselves to be free because no one in our society is allowed unlimited powerno leader, faction, party or 'class', no majority, no government, church, corporation, trade, or professional association or trade union. The secret of its freedom is that it is composed of a multitude of organisations in the constitution of the best of which is reproduced that diffusion of power which is characteristic of the whole.” WholeGovernmentChurchPartySecretLeaderClassConstitutionTradeMajorityUnionsCorporationsCharacteristicsOur SocietyAssociationMultitudesUnlimitedOrganisationFactionsTrade UnionsDiffusion Author:Michael Joseph Oakeshott
“Teller contended, not implausibly, that hydrogen bombs keep the peace, or at least prevent thermonuclear war, because the consequences of warfare between nuclear powers are now too dangerous. We haven't had a nuclear war yet, have we? But all such arguments assume that the nuclear-armed nations are and always will be, without exception, rational actors, and that bouts of anger and revenge and madness will never overtake their leaders (or military and secret police officers in charge of nuclear weapons). In the century of Hitler and Stalin, this seems ingenuous.” WarSeemsActorsNationsSecretLeaderCenturyMilitaryDangerousHavensWeaponsConsequenceArgumentMadnessPoliceAssumingRevengeNuclearRationalBombsExceptionOfficersNuclear WeaponsWarfarePolice OfficerNuclear WarHydrogenNuclear PowerSecret PoliceHydrogen Bomb Author:Carl Sagan
“The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into the secrets of life. All great artists, all great religious leaders, and all great social reformers have come out of the intensest struggles which they fought bravely, quite frequently in tears and with bleeding hearts” HeartCharacterArtistSufferingSocialGrowsReligiousSecretLeaderStruggleTearsDeeperGreat ArtBleedingGreat ArtistReformersSecret LifeReligious LeadersBleeding HeartGreat Religious Author:D.T. Suzuki
“Luck favors the bold. Leaders must fearlessly exploit the Secret of Decisiveness. Act boldly at critical moments.” MomentsMotivationalLeadershipSecretLeaderLuckCriticalFavorsExploitsDecisivenessCritical Moments Author:Toyotomi Hideyoshi
“...The final secret is that there is no secret. Devote yourself to your leader. Work hard. Be grateful. Act boldly. Some may deride such suggestions as commonplace, and they'd be right: They are common. But to see them successfully enacted in this world is rare indeed.” WorldMayHardMotivationalSuccessLeadershipCommonSecretLeaderThis WorldHard WorkGratefulFinalsBe GratefulSuggestionsCommonplaceSecret To Success Author:Toyotomi Hideyoshi
“Political leaders, lacking documents that could be kept secret (apart from the occasional exception), lacking media they could control, were of necessity brought into a direct and immediate relationship with their constituents, and therefore under more and direct and immediate control.” PoliticalSecretLeaderMediaDirectExceptionDocumentsLackingOccasionalConstituentsPolitical LeadersKept Secrets Author:Moses Finley
“What's wrong with leading the way? We've played that role before, after all. We gave the world the secret ballot... that did so much to raise living standards and improve conditions for workers worldwide. We were a leader in extending to women the right to vote. We were barely a nation when we set the bar for bravery and sacrifice by common soldiers in foreign wars. We grew up out of racism and misogyny and homophobia to become a mostly tolerant, successful multicultural society. We did these great things because we know we are in it together. It is our core value as Australians.” KnowsWorldWayWarTogetherValuesNationsLeadershipCommonSecretLeaderRolesSuccessfulEnvironmentSacrificeConditionsGrewGrew UpRacismStandardsVoteBraveryRaisesWorkersSoldierCoreBarsGreat ThingsMisogynyHomophobiaBallotsExtendingRight To VoteMulticulturalCore ValuesLeading The WayMulticultural Society Author:Geraldine Brooks
“Leaders who carry unresolved guilt are forced to hide a part of themselves from those to whom they are closest. They have a secret. They are forced to expend time and energy to ensure that no one finds them out. They know they are not completely trustworthy. Often they assume no one else is either. Guilty leaders have a difficult time trusting. Consequently, guilty leaders have a difficult time building teams.” KnowsEnergyDifficultSecretLeaderTeamBuildingGuiltAssumingGuiltyClosestEnd TimesDifficult TimesTrustworthyTime And EnergyBuilding A Team Author:Andy Stanley
“In just 20 years terrorism, communications, the jet plane and the increase of wealth and knowledge have forced, to varying degrees, world leaders into a haunted and secret peerage whose links with the people they guide are meticulously cleansed and staged.” PeopleWorldYearsWealthSecretLeaderCommunicationDegreesIncreaseTerrorismGuidesPlanesLinksJetWorld LeaderJet Planes Author:Hugh Sidey