It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state.

I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.

I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive strong and consistent - important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch the antithesis of leadership.

Leadership is among other things the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

Leadership is intangible and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.

It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process supported by European countries at the same time.

The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.

Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.

I think a major act of leadership right now call it a radical act is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together using our experiences.

I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant given the context of any situation.

I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed when it is needed.

The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.

I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership but raising children isn't. Hey it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

The more that social democracy develops grows and becomes stronger the more the enlightened masses of workers will take their own destinies the leadership of their movement and the determination of its direction into their own hands.