“We can help our political leaders, and our people, to free themselves from fear, mistrust and to reach the so-long-desired peace,”
Michel Sabbah
“Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires”
Bertrand Russell
“Two World Wars within three decades, in which more than 100 million people lost their lives, had convinced political leaders from both parties that we could neither afford another planet wide conflagration nor prevent a new one alone.”
Stephen Schlesinger
“The harshness of tone today demonstrates a contempt not only for political leaders but also... for the people.”
Romani Prodi
“We have been contacted by numerous national political leaders, including many potential Republican presidential candidates, who want to help Gov. Perry win re-election.”
Robert Black
“Most of these political leaders like to be out among the people, they like to be among the crowds so they are very uncomfortable with the kinds of changes they have to make to accommodate these serious security situations.”
James Steinberg
“You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.”
Pope John Paul II
