“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
“Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires”
Bertrand Russell
“It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.”
Abba Eban
“There is a lot of activity, particularly in nanotechnology. We need political leaders to open up exploration and give us access to gas reserves in the Outer Continental Shelf.”
Bill Carteaux
“I'm just building the bucket. The political leaders need to get together and decide how to fill the bucket.”
Anthony Jones
“A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.”
Abraham Lincoln
“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