Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders. — Diane Nash

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The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what’s that? The freedom to starve? — Angela Davis

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Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. — Angela Davis

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The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. - James Buchanan

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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.

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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails

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Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly. — Nelson Mandela

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Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. — Colin Powell

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A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

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