Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer.

All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.

What job is worth the enormous psychic cost of following a leader who values loyalty in the narrowest sense.

The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change.

Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.

Great groups give the lie to the remarkably persistent but incorrect notion that successful organizations are the lengthened shadow of a great woman or man. However, each great group has a strong leader. In fact, great groups and great leaders create each other.