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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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Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions. – George Will

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Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be? – George Will

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I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy. – Joe Lieberman

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The real leader has no need to lead – he is content to point the way. – Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart

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