This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn’t confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership. less than 1 minute read
We shouldn’t be debating whether to deal with the current code by allowing it to be extended or not. We should have a president who shows leadership and comes to Congress and says: ‘You know what? We need to reform this whole tax code.’ less than 1 minute read
I don’t know what leadership is. You can’t touch it. You can’t feel it. It’s not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it. less than 1 minute read
I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers. less than 1 minute read
But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership. less than 1 minute read
Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power. less than 1 minute read
Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can’t be angry all day. less than 1 minute read
When President Obama was in the Senate, when he was a U.S. senator, he voted against raising the debt ceiling. And he said it was a lack of leadership that had brought us to this point. less than 1 minute read
Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation’s position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts. less than 1 minute read
