“Nowhere has democracy ever worked well without a great measure of local self-government, providing a school of political training for the people at large as much as for their future leaders.” PeopleWellsSelfGovernmentSchoolPoliticalLeaderDemocracyTrainingLocalsProvidingSelf-governmentFuture Leaders Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I believe that we should not have a single homeless person in the richest country in the world. And I believe that we should not have a C.I.A. that goes around overwhelming governments and assassinating political leaders, working for tight oligarchies around the world to protect the tight oligarchy here at home.” WorldShouldBelievePersonsCountryHomeGovernmentCarePoliticalI BelieveWealthTalkingLeaderPowerPoliticianProtectUniversalI Believe InActivismAround The WorldUsaHospitalsOverwhelmingHomelessDistributionCiaSingleMedicareAssassinationPolitical LeadersLeftistsOligarchyProtectionismRedistribution Of Wealth Author:Abbie Hoffman
“The leaders of the Pahlavi regime, in an attempt to forestall the rising tide of the Islamic revolutionary movement, were hard at work to cast doubt on the question of the Imam Khomeini's position as a Marja'a (a top religious authority) and in this way, undermine public faith in his academic, political and religious competence.” WayHardPoliticalReligiousLeaderDoubtMovementPositionAuthorityCastsRevolutionaryRisingIslamicRegimesAcademicTidesCompetenceKhomeini Author:Yousef Saanei
“When you're a political leader, when you represent the entire state or the entire country, not just Republicans or not just Democrats or not just the poor or not just the rich, you have to really represent everybody. No matter who contributes money, when you win, you represent everyone.” CountryMatterStatesPoliticalWinningPoorLeaderRichRepublicanDemocratPolitical Leaders Author:David Shuster
“The problem facing humanity today is not a political problem; it's not a financial problem; it's not a military problem. It's obviously a spiritual problem. That is, it has to do with what we believe to be true about who we are, where we are, why we are where we are, and what are we doing on the Earth. What is the purpose of life itself? What we need right now are leaders or models, people who will stand up and not only help to write a cultural story, but help to model it in the way that they interact with each other.” PeopleWayNeedsWritingBelieveHelpingStoriesProblemTodayEarthSpiritualPoliticalPurposeHumanityLeaderMilitaryRight NowModelsFinancialBeing TrueWho We ArePurpose Of LifeWhat Is The Purpose Of LifeFinancial Problems Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's education budget. Thousands of teachers have been pulled from classrooms, schools have closed and valuable programs have been canceled. In many places, districts are forced to choose between prekindergarten programs and English, algebra and art.” Has BeensArtStatesSchoolPoliticalLeaderTeacherCuttingPrideRepublicanProgramValuableBudgetsTexasClassroomAlgebraPolitical Leaders Author:Wendy Davis
“Nothing is so common as to see a political upheaval pass practically unnoticed merely because the names of the leaders and their parties remain the same.” PoliticalNamesPartyCommonLeaderUnnoticedUpheaval Author:Constant Lambert
“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
“I really appreciate leaders from around the globe who have come to share in prayer with us today. It reminds me that the Almighty God is a God to everybody, every person.” PersonsHumorTodayPoliticalPrayerLeaderShareAppreciateAlmightyGlobesPolitical HumorAlmighty God Author:George W. Bush
“My administration has been calling upon all the leaders in the - in the Middle East to do everything they can to stop the violence, to tell the different parties involved that peace will never happen.” Has BeensDifferentHumorHappensPoliticalPartyLeaderViolenceMiddleInvolvedCallingEastAdministrationMiddle EastPolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush
“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
“The blind spot for the in the Southern Progressive Movement - as for that matter in the national [progressive] movement - was the Negro, for the whole movement in the South coincided paradoxically with the crest of the wave of racism. Still more important to the association of the two movements was the fact that their leaders were often identical. In fact, the typical Progressive reformer rode to power in the South on a disenfranchising or white-supremacy movement.” StillsTwoImportantMatterPhilosophyWholeFactsPoliticalWhiteLeaderMovementRacismBlindSouthWaveSpotsClassicProgressiveSouthernAssociationTypicalWhite SupremacyPolitical PhilosophyIdenticalSupremacyReformersBlind SpotsProgressive Movement Author:C. Vann Woodward
“North and south must also adopt measures to arrest the growing phenomenon of illegal capital flight and the repatriation of illicit wealth siphoned abroad by corrupt political leaders and their collaborators back to their countries of origin.” CountryPoliticalWealthLeaderGrowingSouthFlightIllegalPhenomenonPolitical LeadersCollaboratorsNorth And South Author:Olusegun Obasanjo
“As a businessperson, I dont have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.” HandsGovernmentPoliticalLeaderDemandCriticalTaxpayersPolitical LeadersPower To Change Author:Tadashi Yanai
“Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.” HumansPoliticalLeaderRightsHuman RightsMinoritiesIranPrisonerPersecutionDisgraceShamefulDefendersIndictmentPolitical Prisoners Author:William Hague
“People are angry that things as common sense as securing the border and eliminating sanctuary cities are being framed as extreme views. They are tired of empty rhetoric without action, and they are hungry for a leader from outside the professional political class.” PeopleActionPoliticalViewsCommonCitiesLeaderClassEmptyAngryTiredExtremesHungryCommon SenseBordersRhetoricSanctuaryEliminatingFramed Author:Carly Fiorina
“One should not ascribe the evil deeds of individual leaders or political regimes to an innate fault of the Russian people and their country.” PeopleShouldCountryPoliticalEvilIndividualLeaderFaultsDeedsRegimesInnate Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.” ThinkingStillsDonePoliticalFightingForceLeaderTerrorSolveTerrorismBreedingPolitical Leaders Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.” WayWritingWellsWantedPoliticalSidesLeaderIdentityGenreThemeSuperheroSpectrumPolitical Spectrum Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“Whats different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. Its all part of the suffocating spin cycle were in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base.” GivingDifferentPlayPoliticalUsedTalkingLeaderMediaRadioCyclesHostPublishingConventionalPolitical LeadersConventional WisdomSuffocatingTalk Radio Author:John Avlon
“It is the responsibility of all the Sudanese, especially the political leaders and the media, to strengthen social cohesion through the proper understanding of the dynamics of unity, if they really want our country to remain united.” IfsWantCountryPoliticalSocialUnderstandingUnitedResponsibilityLeaderMediaUnityOur CountryDynamicsPolitical LeadersCohesion Author:Salva Kiir Mayardit