The ruler should not have any barrier which separates him from his people.

I was the only SS leader in Russia who was not assassinated or upon whom an assassination was never attempted. I could walk anywhere without a bodyguard.

I think his success was largely due to his great human qualities: his sense of humor, his common sense and his essential honesty and integrity. He inspired love and unfailing loyalty; he had a magic touch when dealing with conflicting issues or clashes of personalities; and he knew how to find a solution along the lines of compromise, without surrendering a principle. He is, in fact, a great democrat.

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

A leader is great not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others.

As Acting President and Vice President, he walked with Kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers, but never lost the common touch. He was always approachable and was kindliness to all. He brought to his chamber work, in his Opinions and in arbitrations, an understanding and humanity, and gave satisfaction to all.

He set forth his intractable ideas but was never partisan or restricted to his own subjective stance. He moved alone with the spirit of heaven and earth, and did not exalt himself above all things. He did not dispute right and wrong, but sought to live peacefully with the prevalent views.

The artist has never been a dictator, since he understands better than anybody else the variations in human personality.

He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all

This Humanist whom no beliefs constrained

He exuded confidence without ever looking as if he wanted to make sure everyone else knew how confident he was.

My definition of a leader in a free country is a man who can persuade people to do what they don’t want to do, or do what they’re too lazy to do, and like it.

If people admire dictators, there is no moral obstacle to becoming one or submitting to one. If people’s minds and eyes are shut before past atrocities, there are no limits to committing new ones in the future.