We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and engagement of all.
You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership.