The proudest moment for [a teacher of leaders] is seeing not what students learn but what they do.

If you look at history, every major realignment in our politics is a joining together of a new generation and emerging technologies. Obama has been a pioneer in joining the powers of the Internet with the principles of community organizing. Howard Dean used the Internet for meetups - Obama used it to create a movement.

At the heart of leadership is the leader's relationship with followers. People will entrust their hopes and dreams to another person only if they think the other is a reliable vessel.

Leadership is a journey. Each one of us has to take our own path, and get there our own way.

We know from past history that when young people vote for one party a couple of times, they tend to vote for that party during their adult lifetimes in disproportionate numbers.

Leadership is about calling people to do things beyond themselves.

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.