People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader - occasionally in the right direction.
Alexander Chase

As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade.
Jo Ann Emerson

Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense.
George Gallup

So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975, and she clearly wanted to strike out and do something different.
Kenneth Baker

I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.
David Blunkett

If Sir John A. MacDonald or any other leader of that day were here now, he would have a different program from that of sixty years ago. He sought to give his people policies suited to the time in which he lived.
John Bracken

My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played the violin, but I followed Leon and the boys in his jazz band around.
Louis Prima

There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.
Jane Harman

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
Rosalynn Carter

Pope John Paul II not only was a powerful spiritual leader for Catholics but also a world leader of extraordinary consequence during the last quarter-century.
Mike Ferguson

And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader.
Rafik Hariri

I work on OpenBSD fulltime, as the project leader. I set some directions, increase communication between the developers, and try to be involved in nearly every aspect of the base system.
Theo de Raadt

The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership.
Gary Wills

The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them.
John Adair

The fountain of youth with the youthful young musician is one meaning, and the fountain of youth with the youthful energy of the leader is another meaning.
Roy Haynes

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now.
Frank Dobson

At the end of the day, we need a leader who thinks with his head but leads with his heart.
Gresham Barrett

A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them.
Robert Ley

North Carolina's approach in crafting its law ensured the creation of the best possible law and, consequently, North Carolina is now the acknowledged leader in addressing predatory lending.
Mel Watt

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.
Antony Jay