All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
“I wasn't a smart kid in terms of numbers, but, I told them, 'I'm a thoughtful, responsible guy.'”
“The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.”