I leave shreds of my soul on every experience.
Oriana FallaciRead
You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
Interpretation
Effective leadership requires knowledge and competency.
Oriana Fallaci emphasizes the crucial importance of intelligence and understanding in governance and administration. Without capable and informed individuals at the helm, it is impossible to lead effectively or make sound decisions that benefit society.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about the qualities of a good leader.
I leave shreds of my soul on every experience.
I know ours is a world made by men for men, their dictatorship is so ancient it even extends to language.
A lot of women ask themselves why they should bring a child into the world? So that it will be hungry, so that it will be cold, so that it will be betrayed and humiliated, so that it will be slaughtered by war or disease? They reject the hope that its hunger will be satisfied, its cold warmed, that loyalty and respect will accompany it through life, that it will be a devote a life to the effort to eliminate war and disease.
What are the symbols of American strength, wealth, power and modernity? Certainly not jazz and rock and roll, not chewing-gum or hamburgers, Broadway or Hollywood. It's their skyscrapers. Their Pentagon. Their science. Their technology.
I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.
I'm going to show you the real New York - witty, smart, and international - like any metropolis. Tell me this: where in Europe can you find old Hungary, old Russia, old France, old Italy? In Europe you're trying to copy America, you're almost American. But here you'll find Europeans who immigrated a hundred years ago - and we haven't spoiled them. Oh, Gio! You must see why I love New York. Because the whole world's in New York.
The eyes of the world are upon you.
I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.
The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
I purposely try to hire people who are really self-motivated and good at what they do, and then I just leave them alone.
I've always believed that no officer's life, regardless of rank, is of such great value to his country that he should seek safety in the rear... Officers should be forward with their men at the point of impact.
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