• "I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.'" - Studs Terkel Tweet
• "What happened with Hurricane Katrina was the American electorate was forced to look at what lay behind the veneer of chest-beating. We all saw the consequences of having terrible government leadership." - Susan Faludi Tweet
• "We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity." - Marco Rubio Tweet
• "Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him." - John Podhoretz Tweet
• "In terms of the principles of politics, I think I understand well. Thailand needs someone who has leadership, who has the management skills to help the country." - Yingluck Shinawatra Tweet
• "I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people." - Michael D. Higgins Tweet
• "I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this - Tito and Mao Tse-tung." - Earl Browder Tweet
• "At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means." - Gerry Adams Tweet
• "I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me." - George Osborne Tweet
• "Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital." - Jeff Bezos Tweet