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"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."
"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."
"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
"It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it."
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
"Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings."
"Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom."
"A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before."
"As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest."
"Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead."
"It is always impossible until it is done."
"Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity."
"One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself."
"One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen."
"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice."
"It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another."
"My dream would be a multicultural society, one that is diverse and where every man, woman and child are treated equally. I dream of a world where all people of all races work together in harmony."
"The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children."
"A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind."