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Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it – short-term pain for long-term gain. – George Will

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I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres in life. – George Will

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Ethics
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Football is a mistake. It combines two of the worst things about American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings. – George Will

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Committees
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A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible lifestyles turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind. – George Will

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Food
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Management is nothing more than motivating other people. – Lee Iacocca

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At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control. – Ellen Tauscher

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Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions. – Ibrahim Babangida

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You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it. – Norman Schwarzkopf

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