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The true test of leadership is not in the position, but in the impact you have on others.” — John Quincy Adams Related: Abraham Lincoln's Most Memorable Quotes 26. “America is a tune. It must be sung ...

Democracy is the worst form of government, except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. Edmund Burke "Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could ...

Here is some of what they said: “We are witnessing a backsliding in democracy everywhere in the world, even in the most ...