Category: Leader
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When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
Abraham Lincoln
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My father was very energetic; my mother was very energetic. He lived to a very old age, and so did my mother. I believe that I just have it from my father, from my parents. They had wonderful energy.
Donald Trump
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Well, yes, I’ve fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it’s always a lousy task. But I have fired many people.
Donald Trump
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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
James Madison
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I think the overwhelming majority of the American people know that we have got to stand together, that we’re going to grow together, that we’re going to survive together, and that if we start splintering, we’re not going to succeed in a highly competitive international economy.
Bernie Sanders
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I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
Benjamin Disraeli
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George Wallace for some strange, unknown reason, he liked me. George Wallace came down to Florida, and he went all over Florida, and he said to the people, ‘If you all can’t vote for me, don’t vote for those oval-headed lizards. Vote for !’ And that crashed my votes, because they thought that I was in league with him to get votes.
Shirley Chisholm
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower