Pan African Literature Bureau

"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant." —Max DePree

"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent." —Abraham Lincoln

"A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone." —Henry Kissinger

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." —Lao Tzu

"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been." —Henry Kissinger

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." —John F. Kennedy

"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand." —Gen. Colin Powell

"People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives." —Theodore Roosevelt

"The art of leadership is saying 'no,' not saying 'yes.' It is very easy to say 'yes.'" —Tony Blair

"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus." —the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies - Nelson Mandela

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient - Alexander the Great

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all - Alexander the Great

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes - Julius Caesar

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it - Julius Caesar

One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it - Ferdinand Mount

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone - Milos Forman

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other - Taylor Caldwell

When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country - Noah Webster

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it - Germaine Greer