The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing read more

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

Our military deserves leadership that matches their service and patriotism. Getting our troops the pay raise they deserve is the read more

Our military deserves leadership that matches their service and patriotism. Getting our troops the pay raise they deserve is the very least we can do to show how much we value everything they do for us.

The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought read more

The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought to justice.

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.

The crowd gives the leader new strength.

The crowd gives the leader new strength.

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what read more

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the read more

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

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the read more

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.