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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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George Will
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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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George Will
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Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition. – Cyril Falls

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The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years. – Ed Markey

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It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. Its time for a plan to bring our troops home. – Sherrod Brown

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It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it. – Henry A. Kissinger

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