All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. – John Kenneth Galbraith

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. – Aristotle