Being a leader Quote by Publilius Syrus

“And the good ruler is precisely the one who exercises his power as it ought to be exercised, that is, simultaneously exercising his power…

— Michel Foucault

Where a man does his best with only moderate powers, he will have the advantage over negligent superiority.

— Jane Austen

The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior of those who are not,…

— James F. Cooper

“There could be nothing more fortunate for human affairs than that by the mercy of God they who are endowed with true piety of…

— Augustine of Hippo

Those are governed best who are governed least.

— Thomas Jefferson

Our whole evolution has reached a stage where nearly every man is either ruler or ruled; sometimes he is both. By this the attitude…

— Rudolf Rocker

[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld otherwise than…

— Algernon Sidney

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

— William Penn

“A leader is great not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others.”

— John Maxwell

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

— Giambattista Vico

“Ordinary men wonder why those of only average intelligence so often rise to the highest levels of power, while highly intelligent people generally do…

— Dave Champion

A government at bottom is nothing more than a group of men, and as a practical matter most of them are inferior men. ...…

— H. L. Mencken