Source: My Bike & Other Friends (1977), p.12
As quoted in his obituary, New York Times (21 June 1965)
2010s, Democracy Now! interview (2011)
“Mussolini was the greatest political leader of the century.”
from an interview given to Alberto Statera published in La Stampa in April 1994
“Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel!”
As quoted in An American Savage (2003) by J. Flash (Jeff Flashinski), p. 144
Variant: Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.
“The leaders and scholars of Jesus’ time had first enslaved themselves to the law.”
Source: Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976), p. 71.
Context: The leaders and scholars of Jesus’ time had first enslaved themselves to the law. This not only enhanced their prestige in society, it also gave them a sense of security. Man fears the responsibility of being free. It is often easier to let others make the decisions or to rely upon the letter of the law. Some men want to be slaves. After enslaving themselves to the letter of the law, such men always go on to deny freedom to others. They will not rest until they have imposed the same oppressive burdens upon everyone (Matt 23:4,15).
“Look at the withered tongues of shameless leaders,”
Lunatic. 6
पागल (The Lunatic)
Context: I see the blind man as the people's guide, the ascetic in his cave a deserter; those who act in the theater of lies I see as dark buffoons. Those who fail I find successful, and progress only backsliding. am I squint-eyed, Or just crazy? Friend, I'm crazy. Look at the withered tongues of shameless leaders, The dance of the whores At breaking the backbone on the people's rights. When the sparrow-headed newsprint spreads its black lies In a web of falsehood
David Ulrich, Jack Zenger, Norman Smallwood (2013), Results-Based Leadership. p. 209
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”
