Artifice Quote by Arthur Miller

We have a natural constant craving for leadership. Democracy is always a fragile and imperfect achievement. Yet a distinct feeling of malaise in our…

— Tim Soutphommasane

“For political leaders in a democracy are not revolutionaries or leaders of creative thought. The best of them are those who respond wisely to…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Great leadership isn’t shaped in the absence of opposition but in the presence of it. Great leaders draw us together by our universal humanity;…

— Charles M. Blow

“Democracy today, especially in the English-speaking world, is a political system that specialises in positioning inadequate, unqualified and dubious types in leadership positions.”

— Gilad Atzmon

Political leaders or governments owe their position partly to force and partly to popular election. They cannot be regarded as representative of best elements,…

— Albert Einstein

“Democracies, as we know, are prone to every error from incompetence and corruption to misguided fetishes and gridlock. Therefore, it is astonishing, in a…

— Madeleine K. Albright

In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey me.' People…

— Max Weber

“Many of today's world leaders have great courage: the courage to do harm. The are ill-advised, too clever, or too skillful. I think bad…

— Dalai Lama XIV

People think of politicians having true power, but that's less and less true. After all, they are often constrained or being edged into a…

— Bernard Arnault

“Leaders must not be chosen based on charisma, popularity, or ease of communication, all of which are misleading and have little to do with…

— Veronica Roth

Real leaders have to live a paradoxical life, where they must break the rules in order to maintain them. If your expectations are high,…

— Beau Willimon

“Politicians do not find any attractions in a view which does not lend itself to party declamation, and ordinary mortals prefer views which attribute…

— Bertrand Russell