The real test of leadership has never been who can get people to follow them. We've got charismatic leaders who get followed a lot. The real test of leadership is to motivate people to be leaders themselves and to carry the burden.


Quoted in Gwen Ifill, The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama (2009)


The real test of leadership has never been who can get people to follow them. We've got charismatic leaders who get followed a lot. The real test of...

The real test of leadership has never been who can get people to follow them. We've got charismatic leaders who get followed a lot. The real test of...

The real test of leadership has never been who can get people to follow them. We've got charismatic leaders who get followed a lot. The real test of...

The real test of leadership has never been who can get people to follow them. We've got charismatic leaders who get followed a lot. The real test of...