I don't think leadership demands 'yes' or 'no' answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn't demand unanimity.
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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Leadership does not depend on being right.
The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.
'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.
Leadership is a choice, not a position.
Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.
There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.
But our leaders of today have decided it's more important to be popular, to say and do what's easy, and say yes rather than to say no, when no is what is required.
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