Communication is the conduit of leadership from the Prime Minister down to the leading hand of a small group of council workers fixing the roads. Lea…

- Peter Cosgrove

We want our leaders to be fair dinkum, as much among us as above us.

- Peter Cosgrove

But the people of the disaster area fundamentally needed to understand that the rest of Australia had noticed their misery and their stoicism and the…

- Peter Cosgrove

I must say that part of our national wealth is not only the nation's people but those people who lead them.

- Peter Cosgrove

It's instructive to consider the more spectacular and well-known falls from grace of leaders in the public eye... In the main, the issues behind thes…

- Peter Cosgrove

Let's start therefore with a universal truth: leaders are fundamentally accountable.

- Peter Cosgrove

Our vision is to look through the eyes of our kids. We are a lucky, peaceful nation. We are an unselfish people. That's one of our proudest national …

- Peter Cosgrove

Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.

- Peter Cosgrove

But it is my total conviction that all the trappings of good leadership are generic and widely applicable whether you are standing in a khaki queue w…

- Peter Cosgrove