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Dwight D. Eisenhower on Leadership

1890–1969 United States

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Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity.

Nineteen Stars : a Study in Military Character and Leadership (1971)

The essence of leadership is to get others to do something because they think you want it done and because they know it is worth while doing -- that is what we are talking about.

Now I think, speaking roughly, by leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it.

The Federal Career Service: A Look Ahead (1954)

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