Theodor Herzl Quotes

Nationalism is a tool increasingly used by leaders to bolster their authority, especially amid difficult economic and political conditions.

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.

After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.

A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.

I am and always will be a leader.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

The flag is the guarantor and symbol of equality.

I was not a presider; I was a leader.

Where power is concerned, the theater enters.

It is one thing to persuade, another to command …

Leaders get people to do what they otherwise wouldn’t do.

Politics determine who has the power, not who has the truth.

Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.

I was creating characters early. People didn't beat me up. I scared them. I hated authority. I could also get people to do things; I was quite the early director. I could make people laugh enough to get their defences down - and then brainwash them.

Authority and example lead the world.

Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.

I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.

Even if you don't have the authorities - and frankly I didn't have the authorities for anything - if you take charge, people will follow.

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.

He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

Be the chief but never the lord.

I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.

Leadership is influence.