Leadership Quotes

"To be a leader is to carry the burden of others' hopes upon your shoulders."

"To command men is to possess the power to destroy them, and in that power lies terrible responsibility."

"To lead is to accept that not all will understand your decisions, yet you must act anyway."

"The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American."

"He is the greatest patriot who stops the most robberies and murders on the road."

"If your American chiefs decided to unite with the French, it means they have the interest of America at heart."

"The sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government rests on the shoulders of the American people."

"Some measure of power is conferred upon us that we may do good."

"The people want security and justice, and they will naturally turn to those who provide it."

"A nation's character is determined by the character of its leaders."

"The measure of a man is not in how high he climbs, but in how he treats those beneath him."

"Those who warn of danger when others sleep perform a sacred duty."

"The weight of responsibility, though heavy, gives a man substance and purpose."

"I have observed that the greatest leaders are those who lead by example, not by decree."

"Render yourselves invisible in the pursuit of public good."

"As to what we shall do, it is not my business to determine it; I am but a servant of the people."

"Public office is a public trust, never a personal privilege."

"Men who fear ideas are men who should not hold positions of authority."

"Those who would govern others must first learn to govern themselves."

"True leadership is service rendered without expectation of reward."

"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered as finally staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."

"In no institution of any kind does the principle of authority stand on a firmer foundation than in the military."

"What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable than seeing the representatives of a free people investigating the duties of one of the great departments of government."

"The foundation of national policy must be laid in the principles of private morality."

"What prudent lord of the land would meet his obligations with so few hands to labor."

"A tyranny may govern by terror and severity, but a free government can endure only by virtue and moderation."

"Tyranny can govern by terror, but liberty must govern by virtue."

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people; it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

"The science of government is the most difficult to learn, and the hardest to practice."

"There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people."