5 Quotes & Sayings By Bob Rae

Bob Rae is a former Canadian politician who served as the 18th Premier of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1999 to 2002. He was a Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre from 1963 to 1984, and again from 1988 to 2004. Rae is a recipient of the Pearson Peace Medal, Canada's highest peace award.

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The best leaders are well-rounded, able to draw on whatever skills suits the particular situation at hand. They are determined, insightful, shrewd, and, most important, able to command the attention of the people around them. Bob Rae
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Leadership is not a voice crying in the wilderness, aloof and apart. It requires an ability to command as well as to inspire, to learn in the process of collaboration and to build a team with a common purpose that can take action and execute the change they envision. Bob Rae
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This points to a central tension in our very idea and practice of democracy — it is not a simple appeal to the rule of the majority. It is also about respecting that the power of the people is limited by what’s fair to minorities, what’s reasonable, and by what’s legal and constitutional. Bob Rae
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Forgiving is all forgetting is another thing. Bob Rae