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title: "18 World Leadership Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 18 World Leadership quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best World Leadership sayings and thoughts."
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> [We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/we-must-offer-the-world-leadership-designed-to-advance-the-goal-of/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

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> [Whether you empower one person or the free world, that is leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-foudy/whether-you-empower-one-person-or-the-free-world-that-is-leadership/)

[Julie Foudy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-foudy/)

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> [In this era of world leadership, the metal detector is the altar and the minicam may be god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-sidey/in-this-era-of-world-leadership-the-metal-detector-is-the-altar-and/)

[Hugh Sidey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-sidey/)

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> [I think America has more than enough maturity and intelligence to start exercising its world leadership responsibly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-think-america-has-more-than-enough-maturity-and-intelligence-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/anonymous-1_america_i-think-america-has-more-than-enough-mat_148748.jpg)

> [Trump is the first post-World War II American president to view the burdens of world leadership as outweighing the benefits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-n-haass/trump-is-the-first-post-world-war-ii-american-president-to-view-the/)

[Richard N. Haass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-n-haass/)

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> [I was raised to believe that America was a force for good in the world and that it should take its leadership…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-perino/i-was-raised-to-believe-that-america-was-a-force-for-good-in-the/)

[Dana Perino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-perino/)

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> [Trump is reviled around the world, as is the U.S. under his leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-reid/trump-is-reviled-around-the-world-as-is-the-u-s-under-his-leadership/)

[Joy Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-reid/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbd/joy-reid-6005_around_trump-is-reviled-around-the-world-as-is_2900338.jpg)

> [The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bingaman/the-united-states-is-the-most-innovative-country-in-the-world-but-our/)

[Jeff Bingaman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bingaman/)

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> [That's what world leadership is: A willingness to point at bad guys and say they're the bad guys and to keep the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/that-s-what-world-leadership-is-a-willingness-to-point-at-bad-guys/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

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> [The end point of leadership is not just the position of power we reach, but the continual change and deepening we experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-hagberg/the-end-point-of-leadership-is-not-just-the-position-of-power-we/)

[Janet Hagberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-hagberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/971/janet-hagberg-54572_change_the-end-point-of-leadership-is-not-just_1220580.jpg)

> [We have been led to believe that we have come a long way toward world nuclear disarmament. But that is not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/we-have-been-led-to-believe-that-we-have-come-a-long-way-toward-world/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

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> [We have come to world leadership because our people have had the opportunity to develop this nation under a government and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-v-prochnow/we-have-come-to-world-leadership-because-our-people-have-had-the/)

[Herbert V. Prochnow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-v-prochnow/)

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> [“the total vacuity of world leadership thinking has lead to the practice of claiming to heal the world through politicising unviable theoretical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mpho-leteng/the-total-vacuity-of-world-leadership-thinking-has-lead-to-the/)

[Mpho Leteng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mpho-leteng/)

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> [The notion of 'world leadership' is a curiously archaic one. The very phrase is redolent of Kipling ballads and James Bondian adventures.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shashi-tharoor/the-notion-of-world-leadership-is-a-curiously-archaic-one-the-very/)

[Shashi Tharoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shashi-tharoor/)

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> [Since taking office, President Obama has worked to restore a positive vision of American leadership in the world - leadership defined, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-brennan/since-taking-office-president-obama-has-worked-to-restore-a-positive/)

[John O. Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-brennan/)

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> [The United States is only one superpower. Today they lead the world. Nobody has doubts about it. Militarily. They also lead economically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lech-walesa/the-united-states-is-only-one-superpower-today-they-lead-the-world/)

[Lech Walesa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lech-walesa/)

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> [America is a great power possessed of tremendous military might and a wide-ranging economy, but all this is built on an unstable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osama-bin-laden/america-is-a-great-power-possessed-of-tremendous-military-might-and-a/)

[Osama bin Laden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osama-bin-laden/)

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> [The view I take is that while I'm proud to live in a free and prosperous country, I do believe American is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-finn/the-view-i-take-is-that-while-i-m-proud-to-live-in-a-free-and/)

[Mindy Finn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-finn/)

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