This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesnt confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership. – Artur Davis
Bipartisanship isnt an option anymore it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle. – Tom Daschle
Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade youll never sit. It may not happen fully till after Im gone. But I know that the steps were taking are the right steps. – Jennifer M. Granholm
At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with it happily. – Flannery OConnor
When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star – it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned. – Azar Nafisi
Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask – when will we get a road to our village. – Thabo Mbeki
