100 Quotes About Election

Americans are passionate about politics. From the passionate debates in the boardroom to the heated arguments at the bar, our opinions on politics often come down to who we support and what we believe. Whether you’re a progressive or conservative, you’ll find some of the best quotes about politics below.

Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours...
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Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.
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Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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It is truth, in the old saying, that is 'the daughter of time, ' and the lapse of half a century has not left us many of our illusions. Churchill tried and failed to preserve one empire. He failed to preserve his own empire, but succeeded in aggrandizing two much larger ones. He seems to have used crisis after crisis as an excuse to extend his own power. His petulant refusal to relinquish the leadership was the despair of postwar British Conservatives; in my opinion this refusal had to do with his yearning to accomplish something that 'history' had so far denied him–the winning of a democratic election. Christopher Hitchens
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper....
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Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. Gore Vidal
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Our government says people must not take law in their own hands, But has given the law in the hands of people who in power. That is why people who are in power are always corrupt, arrogant, violent, Aggressive, selfish, and don't care about anyone. They get away with all the bad things they do that Is criminating unlawful and injustice Unknown
State first, subject second, statesman last.
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State first, subject second, statesman last. Amit Kalantri
In a democracy government is the God.
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In a democracy government is the God. Amit Kalantri
Let someone else be the most powerful country, make ours...
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Let someone else be the most powerful country, make ours the most peaceful country. Amit Kalantri
In a democracy, there will be more complaints but less...
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In a democracy, there will be more complaints but less crisis, in a dictatorship more silence but much more suffering. Amit Kalantri
Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering...
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Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement. Larken Rose
Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not...
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Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance. Suzy Kassem
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If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us anything, it is that supposedly worthy displays of democracy in action can actually do more harm than good. Witness a nation now more divided; an intergenerational schism in the making; both a governing and opposition party torn to shreds from the inside; infinitely more complex issues raised than satisfactory solutions provided. It begs the question 'Was it really all worth it' ? . Alex Morritt
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Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons and daughters of a given nation strive to emulate their leader's greatness. Only then will a nation be truly great, when a leader inspires and produces citizens worthy of becoming future leaders, honorable decision makers and peacemakers. And in these times, a great leader must be extremely brave. Their leadership must be steered only by their conscience, not a bribe. Suzy Kassem
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Pick a leader who will keep jobs in your country by offering companies incentives to hire only within their borders, not one who allows corporations to outsource jobs for cheaper labor when there is a national employment crisis. Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance. Stability, not fear and terror. Peace, not chaos. Love, not hate. Convergence, not segregation. Tolerance, not discrimination. Fairness, not hypocrisy. Substance, not superficiality. Character, not immaturity. Transparency, not secrecy. Justice, not lawlessness. Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction. Truth, not lies. Suzy Kassem
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Pick a leader who will not only bail out banks and airlines, but also families from losing their homes -- or jobs due to their companies moving to other countries. Pick a leader who will fund schools, not limit spending on education and allow libraries to close. Pick a leader who chooses diplomacy over war. An honest broker in foreign relations. A leader with integrity, one who says what they mean, keeps their word and does not lie to their people. Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist. Suzy Kassem
People wishes their friends to be in politics, but their...
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People wishes their friends to be in politics, but their sons in professions. Amit Kalantri
Pops added,
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Pops added, "you know, they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve."" And if you do, you never get the results you expected, " (Katherine) replied. E.a. Bucchianeri
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[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. Harry Truman
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Our freedoms are vanishing. If you do not get active to take a stand now against all that is wrong while we still can, then maybe one of your children may elect to do so in the future, when it will be far more riskier – and much, much harder. Suzy Kassem
History shows us that people often make mistakes, they give...
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History shows us that people often make mistakes, they give wrong decisions, they vote for the wrong persons! And history also shows us that in the end they pay a heavy price for it! Mehmet Murat Ildan
Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.
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Any government that places profit before people is pure evil. Suzy Kassem
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or...
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Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. Herbert Marcuse
Every election is determined by the people who show up.
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Every election is determined by the people who show up. Larry J. Sabato
The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In...
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The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions. George Orwell
Free elections don't always result in fair elections.
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Free elections don't always result in fair elections. DaShanne Stokes
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In the natural sciences, some checks exist on the prolonged acceptance of nutty ideas, which do not hold up well under experimental and observational tests and cannot readily be shown to give rise to useful working technologies. But in economics and the other social studies, nutty ideas may hang around for centuries. Today, leading presidential candidates and tens of millions of voters in the USA embrace ideas that might have been drawn from a 17th-century book on the theory and practice of mercantilism, and multitudes of politicians and ordinary people espouse notions that Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and others exploded more than two centuries ago. In these realms, nearly everyone simply believes whatever he feels good about believing. . Robert Higgs
When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites,...
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When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true freedom of speech, not censorship. Suzy Kassem
The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the...
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The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the end of its term. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace--business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Voting is not a right. It is a method used...
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Voting is not a right. It is a method used to determine which politician was most able to brainwash you. Dennis E. Adonis
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Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the welder, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist. Suzy Kassem
The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the...
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The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them. Christopher Hitchens
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It’s not just tougher out there. It’s become a situation where the contest is how much you can destroy the system, rather than how much you can make it work. It makes no difference if you have a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ after your name. There’s no sense that this is about democracy, and after the election you have to work together, and knit the country together. The people in the game now just think to the first Tuesday in November, and not a day beyond it. Peter Hart
[O]nce demagogy and falsehoods become routine, there isn’t much for...
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[O]nce demagogy and falsehoods become routine, there isn’t much for the political journalist to do except handicap the race and report on the candidate’s mood. George Packer
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In proportion as the mass of citizens who possess political rights increases, and the number of elected ruler’s increases, the actual power is concentrated and becomes the monopoly of a smaller and smaller group of individuals. Paul Lafargue
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During the 1992 election I concluded as early as my first visit to New Hampshire that Bill Clinton was hateful in his behavior to women, pathological as a liar, and deeply suspect when it came to money in politics. I have never had to take any of that back, whereas if you look up what most of my profession was then writing about the beefy, unscrupulous 'New Democrat, ' you will be astonished at the quantity of sheer saccharine and drool. Anyway, I kept on about it even after most Republicans had consulted the opinion polls and decided it was a losing proposition, and if you look up the transcript of the eventual Senate trial of the president–only the second impeachment hearing in American history–you will see that the last order of business is a request (voted down) by the Senate majority leader to call Carol and me as witnesses. So I can dare to say that at least I saw it through. . Christopher Hitchens
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Remember one thing as South Africa prepares to go to the polls this week and the world grapples with the ascendancy of the African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma: South Africa is not Zimbabwe.In South Africa, no one doubts that Wednesday's elections will be free and fair. While there is an unacceptable degree of government corruption, there is no evidence of the wholesale kleptocracy of Robert Mugabe's elite. While there has been the abuse of the organs of state by the ruling ANC, there is not the state terror of Mugabe's Zanu-PF. And while there is a clear left bias to Zuma's ANC, there is no suggestion of the kind of voluntarist experimentation that has brought Zimbabwe to its knees. . Mark Gevisser
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Is being a Republican really about touting "wholesome" conservative values? Or a particular income strata? And when you say you are 'conservative', what are you really 'conserving'?And what does it mean to be a Democrat? To be half of an aristocrat? Or to be half free? Or does it mean you are more liberal? To do or think what exactly? Suzy Kassem
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If we are not registering bad events in history to learn from them, then why are we even still registering them at all? Is it really an outlandish ideal to want a peaceful and prosperous nation, ruled only by compassion, truth and justice? As of now, there is no peace, no truth, no prosperity, no compassion - and NO COMMON SENSE. Since when did the words human and inhumane share the same meaning? Think, people. I am only asking you to THINK. Suzy Kassem
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Established politicians are also bumping into a new cast of characters within corridors of legislative power. In 2010 parliamentary elections in Brazil, for example, the candidate who won the most votes anywhere in the country (and the second-most-voted congressman in the country's history) was a clown - an actual clown who went by the name of Tiririca and wore his clown costume while he campaigned. His platform was as anti-politician as it gets. "I don't know what a representative in congress does, " he told voters in YouTube video that attracted millions of voters, "but if you send me there I will tell you". He also explained that his goal was "to help needy people in this country, but especially my family". Unknown
No matter their party, people with a conflict of interest...
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No matter their party, people with a conflict of interest should be banned from the Electoral College. DaShanne Stokes
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Electing a bigot enables further bigotry. DaShanne Stokes
We elected a man who knows how to build walls...
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We elected a man who knows how to build walls when we needed someone who knows how to build bridges. DaShanne Stokes
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The election of Donald Trump confirmed everything I knew of my country and none of what I could accept. The idea that America would follow its first black president with Donald Trump accorded with its history. I was shocked at my own shock. I had wanted Obama to be right. I still want Obama to be right. I still would like to fold myself into the dream. This will not be possible. TaNehisi Coates
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At the federal level, this problem could be greatly alleviated by abolishing the Electoral College system. It's the winner-take-all mathematics from state to state that delivers so much power to a relative handful of voters. It's as if in politics, as in economics, we have a privileged 1 percent. And the money from the financial 1 percent underwrites the microtargeting to secure the votes of the political 1 percent. Without the Electoral College, by contrast, every vote would be worth exactly the same. That would be a step toward democracy. Cathy ONeil
Democracy's fatal flaw: There are more dumb people than smart...
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Democracy's fatal flaw: There are more dumb people than smart people. Welcome to the new Dark Ages! Oliver Gaspirtz
There are hundreds of intelligent and big brains in every...
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There are hundreds of intelligent and big brains in every country in the world to run that country successfully but somehow and often either an immoral stupid or a charlatan imbecile comes to power! Mehmet Murat Ildan
To know the good from the bad, study a man...
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To know the good from the bad, study a man or woman's history of actions, not their record of intentions. Suzy Kassem
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Discerning the difference between a dictator and a leader is quite easy. The former cannot help but see ‘leading’ and ‘serving’ as stark contradictions that by their very nature are utterly incompatible. The latter can’t tell the difference Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Pardon me for budging into concoction of the aristocrats blowing their trumpets, the demagogues' doctrines, the antagonists' squeals, the hypocrites' assertions, the sycophants fawning adoration, the facebookers' slants, the youthful sneers, the pragmatic notions n of course some acquiescent aspirants..this facebook page is so bombarded by myriad posts..maddening to read n like all...so here's wishing each one of the revered contestants all the best...may the deserving win... Mukesh Kwatra
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..the Conservative party found him an embarrassment because he was apt to criticize the party leader in public, the Liberals naturally wanted to defeat him, and the newspapers were out to get him. It was a dreadful campaign on his part, for he lost his head, bullied his electors when he should have wooed them, and got into a wrangle with a large newspaper, which he threatened to sue for libel. He was defeated on election day so decisively that it was obviously a personal rather than a political rejection. Robertson Davies
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The Democratic Party would like to be re-elected so that they can continue to uphold almost no Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) whistle-blower complaints, enforce hardly any police internal affairs allegations, and corrupt corporations with lobbyists can continue operating outside of the law. Steven Magee
If elections could change anything, they would have already made...
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If elections could change anything, they would have already made them forbidden. Unknown
There's no such thing as a vote that doesn't matter.
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There's no such thing as a vote that doesn't matter. Barack Obama
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HOW TO CHOOSE A GREAT LEADERChoose a leader who will invest in Building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance. Stability, not fear and terror. Peace, not chaos. Love, not hate. Convergence, not segregation. Tolerance, not discrimination. Fairness, not hypocrisy. Substance, not superficiality. Character, not immaturity. Transparency, not secrecy. Justice, not lawlessness. Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction. Truth, not lies. . Suzy Kassem
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In the years that followed the Harrison campaign, many candidates–from Colonel James 'Young Hickory' Polk in 1844 to Lieutenant John Kerry in 2004–had their 'humble origins' and/or 'war leadership' highlighted in political material. Often coupled with these tactics was a corollary, to create an image of the opposition candidate that was highly negative–from John Adams as a 'monarchist' to John Kerry as a 'flip-flopping, windsurfing elitist. Steven A. Seidman
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Efforts by Democrats to portray Jackson as 'manly' and for the 'common man' were apparently more effective than were the campaign tactics of Adams’s supporters, who attempted to depict Jackson as violent, unjust, a paramour, and even a poor speller. It is quite possible that this anti- Jackson propaganda actually reinforced the positive image of Jackson as a masculine commoner–especially when contrasted with that of Adams, whom the Democrats depicted as an over-refined aristocrat. Steven A. Seidman
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Fillmore lost his party’s nomination the next year to yet another military hero, General Winfield 'Old Fuss and Feathers' Scott, an anti-slavery candidate who then lost the election to General Franklin Pierce (whose party’s slogan was 'We Polked you in 1844; we shall Pierce you in 1852'). Steven A. Seidman
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Yet, some things do not change. Overall, designers have stayed with techniques that work–in different countries and historical periods. Flagg’s 'I Want You for U.S. Army' design in World War I, with 'Uncle Sam' looking directly at the viewer and pointing a finger at him, was derived from a British poster produced three years earlier; in the British poster, Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener is pointing a finger at British males, with the words 'Wants You, Join Your Country’s Army! God Save The King.' Other countries– Italy, Hungary, Germany, Great Britain, Canada, France, the Irish Parliamentary Party, the Red Army in Russia, and later, the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War–designed similar posters. The British applied the same design idea in World War II, featuring Prime Minister Winston Churchill, instead of Kitchener, in the same pose; the U.S. Democratic Party resurrected Flagg’s Uncle Sam image, including it in an election poster for Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the decades that followed, however, anti-war protest groups issued satires of Flagg’s 'I Want You' poster, with 'Uncle Sam' in a variety of poses: pointing a gun at the audience; making the 'peace sign, ' bandaged and accompanied by the slogan 'I Want Out'; as a skeleton, with a target superimposed on him; and with the 'bad breath' of airplanes dropping bombs on houses in his mouth. Steven A. Seidman
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A great reason why a gloomy history may repeat itself is that we may have neglected what history did. When we neglect what history did, history visits us in the same cloth Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Politics knows no currency. Ljupka Cvetanova
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When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state. Euripides
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Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable – the art of the next best Otto Von Bismarck
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Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used. Paul Collier
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A single man is minority, a leader is the majority. Amit Kalantri
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Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted. Sara Sheridan
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Politics doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt politics. Amit Kalantri
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Politics doesn’t mean playing deceitful and trickery games against the people, it means playing resourceful and organized games for the people. Amit Kalantri
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Public strengthens politics but politics weakens public. Amit Kalantri
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Say what the masses want just to win the masses and never do what the masses want and you will loose the masses Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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You are created with a mandate! You have all you need to fulfill it. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Legacy: Supreme leaders determine where generations are going and develop outstanding leaders they pass the baton to. Anyaele Sam Chiyson
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Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Effectual Change: Good leaders value change, they accomplish a desired change that gets the organization and society better. Anyaele Sam Chiyson
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Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Reproduction: Distinguished leaders impress, inspire and invest in other leaders. Anyaele Sam Chiyson
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Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Influence: It takes an influential leader to excellently raise up leaders of influence. Anyaele Sam Chiyson
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Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Successful Results: Renowned leaders strive for victory and outdo their previous successes, they do what it takes to recognize an opportunity and pounce on it rightly to achieve great results. Anyaele Sam Chiyson
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Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Development: Surpassing leaders progress advancely from a lower to a higher state of leadership through leading other leaders the right way. Anyaele Sam Chiyson
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Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Advancement: Notable leaders chart the course of action that causes other leaders to progress toward reaching a goal and raising the status of power. Anyaele Sam Chiyson
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Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Prosperity: Great leaders teach other leaders the infinite intelligence that enables them to have plenty of all things and live the good life. Anyaele Sam Chiyson
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Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Responsibility: Great leaders greet their geniuses through their greatest power of choice, principle-based living and highest means of expressing their voice. Anyaele Sam Chiyson
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Accept responsibilities for all your actions. Learn from your past and your mistakes. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Desire to give and not always receive. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Drown those degrading thoughts. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Desire to impact lives! Change destinies and make dreams come true. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Build up your faith while starving the fears. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Avoid conflicts, Embrace cordiality. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Ride higher in life unto the higher life. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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The giver is the blessed! The receiver stands still. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Don`t turn around in circles for making circles do not equate making progress. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Light is life and always wins. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Choices, options, decisions abound. Choose right, take the best option and decide well. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Sow the right words! Think the good thought. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Life is beautiful if you take the best option. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Move forward for forward is progress but circles are movement. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Forget yesterday, Act on Today and Get a hold on tomorrow. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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It turns out horrendous when you choose the wrong options. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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You have been called to a life of blessing, don`t descend to that of curses. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Have the best course for all your actions. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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Sow good seeds for a good yield. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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There is seed time and harvest, choose to sow at the right time so as to have a bountiful harvest. Jaachynma N.E. Agu