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Leadership

Whats missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago – isnt it about time he assumed responsibility? – Paul Ryan

Dont necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership. – Donald Rumsfeld

Theres a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why theres so much angst across the country. – Rush Limbaugh

Absolute identity with ones cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership. – Woodrow Wilson

Presidential leadership neednt always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective. – Donald Rumsfeld

Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, Im sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and thats important, thats what leaderships all about. – Iain Duncan Smith

We need leadership. We dont need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past. – Paul Ryan

Leadership cant be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you cant fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency. – Junior Seau

If you dont understand that you work for your mislabeled subordinates, then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny. – Dee Hock

In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity. – Sandra Day OConnor

Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they havent exactly been non-aggressive – including me. – Madeleine Albright

The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, theyre quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain. – Arthur Scargill

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this mans leadership. – Jessica Lange

Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and Americas leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him. – John Podhoretz

If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. Thats a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true. – Tony Campolo

Its really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time. – William Hague

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. Thats nonsense in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. – Warren G. Bennis

I have run a general election campaign pregnant and ran Ed Milibands leadership campaign commuting to London with a new baby so I already have my system set up. – Lucy Powell

I think Chinese leadership is trying to tell the world they have another set of logic or reasoning or values which are different from yours. Of course, I dont think they believe that. Its just an argument thats made when you cant confront the truth and facts. They really want to maintain power. – Ai Weiwei

The fact is, when it comes to economic leadership, the Republicans have nothing to brag about. This isnt what the American people want. They want to see progress that works for them. – Debbie Wasserman Schultz