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You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.

To be a great leader, you firstly have to like people. If you don't like people, at the end of the day they will figure this out and you can't lead them too well.

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.

Leaders play a unique role in periods of crisis and chaos. Because if you don't, you're not going to harness the power of all the people behind you.

There's nothing to be said for opposition. You can only talk about things and you can lay your plans. You can't actually achieve very much; you have to be in government for that.

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Strong people don't need strong leaders.

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.

I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.

You have heard me say many times that I want strong leaders who feel free to express their opinions.