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"Stand up for what you think is right. That might be very different from what I am saying today, but you are allowed to differ from me just as I am allowed to differ from you. That is part of our strength as a country that we can differ from each other."
"The frequency of leadership going to the gemba is inversely proportional to the number of walls separating them from the gemba."
"If [President Obama] does not go on the offensive against ISIS...they are coming here. This is just not about Baghdad, this is just not about Syria, this is about our homeland. And if we get attacked because he has no strategy to protect us, then he will have committed a blunder for the ages."
"The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him."
"The leader, mingling with the vulgar host, Is in the common mass of matter lost."
"The conscience is eternal and never dies. Peace if possible, but truth at any rate."
"Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where formerly he was not even allowed to vote. We were enlarged by tears of pride as we saw Nelson Mandela's former prison guards invited, courteously, by him to watch from the front rows his inauguration."
"I sought the advice and cooperation from all those around me- but not permission."
