Leadership Quotes

"Power without the will to decide is merely bureaucratic procedure."

"True leadership appears most clearly in moments when decision cannot be deferred."

"Political order requires that someone possess unquestionable authority in extremity."

"Authority without the capacity to decide is merely administrative apparatus."

"Leadership is the willingness to see further than others and take responsibility for what you see."

"Leadership without vision is mere administration."

"We should design institutions so that no one would reasonably reject them."

"Fair procedures can produce legitimate political authority even when people disagree about the good."

"Democratic procedures are valuable both instrumentally and as expressions of respect for persons."

"The penalty of greatness is responsibility"

"Leadership is the power to bring out potential in others"

"Of all the ways to lead people, leading by example is the most effective."

"Leadership is not about being in charge; it is about taking care of those in your charge."

"Reputations are fragile things."

"The greatest and principal use of rhetoric is in persuasion."

"The security and happiness of the great body of the people seems to be the great end of government."

"It is not by force that the magistrate ordinarily governs; it is by the slow and gradual adoption of the rules which he prescribes."

"The great object of the political institutions of Great Britain seems to be to maintain certain balances and checks."

"Leadership requires understanding the dialectical movement of history."

"Leadership is the ability to incarnate the spirit of the age."

"The sovereign must use the threat of punishment to maintain order."

"The sovereign power cannot be forfeited, for it is eternal."

"The cruelty of necessity justifies the throne."

"The commonwealth requires a power transcendent and irresistible."

"The commonwealth is as strong as its weakest subject."

"The traitor and the hero are of the same blood."

"The true measure of a leader is how he treats those without power."

"The test of leadership is how you respond in the hour of crisis."

"The art of well-governing is to train up youth to virtue and liberty."

"He who would do good to his country must have principles."