“Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires”
Bertrand Russell
“A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.”
Abraham Lincoln
“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
“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
“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
“The harshness of tone today demonstrates a contempt not only for political leaders but also... for the people.”
Romani Prodi
“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
