To recall a voter's name is statesmanship. To forget it is oblivion.

Thought Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness; As I stand aloof and look there is to me something profoundly affecting in large masses of men following the lead of those who do not believe in men.

Only those who are subject to authority can be authority.

Whenever man touches God's delegated authority he touches God within that person; sinning against delegated authority is sinning against God.

Any action which lacks in obedience is a fall, and any act of disobedience is rebellion.

The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act.

Discipline. All is for naught if the organization, specifically leadership, doesn't enforce the values. It may be a subtle reminder, a rebuke, even a warning that includes clear consequences if behavior is not changed.

I can't imagine the pressure you must be under to have the weight of an entire country on your shoulders.

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

A republic - if you can keep it - is about limitation, and for good reason, because we are mortal and our actions are imperfect.

In the army, you dont ask what you are going to do: you just do it. In fact, the way to get along in any army is never even to wonder why they want something done or what they are going to do with it after it's finished, but just do it and then get out of sight so that they cant just happen to see you by accident and then think up something for you to do, but instead they will have to have thought up something to be done, and then hunt for somebody to do it.

We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English; and the English are the best at everything. So we've got to do the right things