Tribal Leadership Quotes

The Slavs were known to live in democracies; they discussed their wants in popular assemblies

The Cherokee Nation has had a government for a long, long, long time. We had a government in this country long before there was a United States government.

Marketing management is now tribal leadership.

In ancient British times, the whole country belonged to tribes, and the tribes owned their several districts. At the head of each tribe was the chief.

The tribe that constitutes a woman its ruler will not find redemption.

President Obama met with leaders of the American Indian tribes and they honored the president by giving him his own Indian name: Running Deficits.

Every tribe needs a good front man to sell the program. Who better to convince the Middle East to give up the oil, than a brown man with a Muslim name?

I don't think the approach is to simply give them [the Indian tribes] money, because too much money has disappeared in Indian country, too much has been mismanaged. The history of Indian country is the disappearance of money.

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.

The Native American cultures on this continent, most of them, were matrilineal, and some women were the chiefs. Societies were about balance.

Libya is divided into tribes and clans.

Poetry is one of the oldest of all art forms, and one of its powers for shamans and tribal leaders was the mnemonic.

Since my residence at Tippecanoe, we have endeavored to level all distinctions, to destroy village chiefs, by whom all mischiefs are done. It is they who sell the land to the Americans.

Great leaders don't try to please everyone. Great leaders don't water down their message in order to make the tribe a bit bigger. Instead, they realize that a motivated, connected tribe in the midst of a movement is far more powerful than a larger group could ever be.

Tribes makes our lives better, and leading a tribe is the best life of all.

It is my hope that I could be not just a Prime Minister, but a Prime Minister for Aboriginal affairs, the first I imagine that we've ever had.

Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain.

The Pathan people of Waziristan are proud people who I greatly admire.

Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.

My soul existed in an African vessel hundreds of years ago as the leader of a tribe, and my tribe fought for honor.

In Indian communities, it's a separate sovereign government, so you have to get permission from the tribal leadership before you can start campaigning on their land.

What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It's about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it's something that people have wanted forever.

The chiefs do not rule like tyrants; they discuss everything with their people. Often they sit up al night. They discuss the doings of all, if they need to be advised… if the women are interested they can share in the talks… the women sit behind them in another circle, and if the children wish to hear, they can be there too. The women know as much as the men do, and their advice is often asked.

This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it.