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• I think it is its time for the leaders of Africa to say to President Mugabe that the people of Zimbabwe's deserve a free and fair election.

  Raila Odinga

  Thinking, Zimbabwe, People

  "Mbeki meets with Zimbabwe's embattled leaders" by Nkepile Mabuse, www.cnn.com. June 18, 2008.

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• It is a big embarrassment that a leader can say on the eve of an election that he cannot hand over power to an opponent, that he can only hand over power to a member of his political party.

  Raila Odinga

  Party, Hands, Political

  "Kenya's leader urges peacekeepers in Zimbabwe". www.cnn.com. June 24, 2008.

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• It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about democracy and human rights and to be silent when these things are happening in Zimbabwe .

  Raila Odinga

  Rights, Views, Zimbabwe

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• Gone are the days when African leaders used to misrule their people and the rest of Africa was quiet under the guise of what was called non-interference.

  Raila Odinga

  People, Gone, Quiet

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• The selfish leader will attempt to lead others for their own gain and for the detriment of others.

  Tom Peters

  Selfish, Gains

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• All leaders are influenced by those they admire. Reading about them and studying their traits inevitably allows an inspiring leader to develop his own leadership traits.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Reading, Study, Admire

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• I think that sports, particularly football, gave me an opportunity to be out front, to be a leader, which helped me later on, when I got into politics.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Sports, Football, Opportunity

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• There isn't any question about Washington's greatness. If his administration had been a failure, there would have been no United States. A lesser man couldn't have done it.... Washington was both a great administrator and a great leader, a truly great man in every way.

  Harry S. Truman

  Greatness, Men, Done

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• He was a great president in his first term; in his second term, he wasn't the same Grover Cleveland he was to begin with. ...Cleveland reestablished the presidency by being not only a chief executive but a leader.

  Harry S. Truman

  President, Firsts, Cleveland

  Harry S. Truman (2015). “Where the Buck Stops: The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman”, p.21, New Word City

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• Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Home, Challenges, Excellent

  "Quotes: A Nation Reacts", www.foxnews.com. June 6, 2004.

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• The only possibility in the United States for a humane society would be a revolution with Elvis Presley as leader.

  Phil Ochs

  Revolution, United States, Would Be

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• The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.

  Ziggy Marley

  Running, Thinking, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.

  John Wooden

  Strong, Caring, Organization

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• Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at Nuremberg.

  Noam Chomsky

  Law, Iraq, Invasion

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• Leaders need the courage to acknowledge when something isn't working.

  Mark Batterson

  Needs, Acknowledge

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• A leader must not let critics set the agenda.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Agendas, Critics

  "Leadership". Book by Rudy Giuliani, October 1, 2002.

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• As it goes with leaders, so it goes with the whole organization.

  Craig Groeschel

  Organization, Whole

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• Great leaders focus on equipping their team. It is unfair to expect what you did not equip.

  Chris Hogan

  Team, Focus, Unfair

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• The best leaders operate in four dimensions: vision, reality, ethics, and courage.

  Peter Koestenbaum

  Reality, Vision, Four

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• I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.

  Peter Senge

  Paradox, Embrace, Collectives

  "Changing How We Work Together". Interview with Melvin McLeod, www.lionsroar.com. January 1, 2001.

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• I've never seen a great military, political, or corporate leader who was not a great storyteller. Telling stories is a core competency in business, although it's one that we don't pay enough attention to.

  Bran Ferren

  Military, Political, Telling Stories

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• Leaders who fail to lift others in the long run, fail to lift themselves.

  John C. Maxwell

  Running, Long, Failing

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• People have a seed to success within them. Most never find it and therefore fail to reach their potential. Occasionally, a leader discovers it and helps that individual develop it. For both, they now can fulfill the purpose for which they are born.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Purpose, Helping

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• Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you've changed your mind. Don't persist when the original decision turns out to be a poor one.

  Brian Tracy

  Mistake, Cutting, Loss

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jan 12, 2011

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• Real leaders like Lee Iacocca see vast possibilities and sell their dreams to their companies, their employees, their funding sources, their government and their buying public.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Dream, Real, Government

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