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You don't lead by hitting people over the head-that's assault, not leadership.
Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.
Remember that it is not by a tyrant's words, but only by his deeds that we can know him.
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any other I know. I am not one of the desk-pounding types that likes to stick out his jaw and look like he is bossing the show. I would far rather get behind and, recognizing the frailties and the requirements of human nature, would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.
Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.
There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens can not cure.
Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
Americans, indeed all free men, remember that in the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner's chains.
If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.
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