Patrick Dodson quotes
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“Leadership is an elusive concept, hard to describe and impossible to prescribe. It is more evident in its absence, so that when leadership is needed, its lack is sorely felt.”
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“In a climate of uncertainty and fear, without strong and visionary leadership, people panic.”
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“These Australians hear the whispering in their heart and know it can only be silenced by coming to terms with the original owners of this beautiful and bounteous land. Many Australians of goodwill sense that a moment for national leadership has slipped past us and is gone.”
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“For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and look after those who come behind.”
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“We have much to contribute to the world; ways of knowing and being that are going to be essential to everyone's survival on our planet. As true citizens of Australia, properly acknowledged in our constitution, we can look forward not only to improving our own lot, but helping Australia contribute to the well-being of all the world's peoples.”
-- Patrick Dodson
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“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
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“The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.”
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“Peace is not just the absence of violence,peace is when the flowers bloom.”
Source : Petra Karin Kelly, Glenn D. Paige (1992). “Nonviolence Speaks to Power”, Matsunaga Inst for Peace
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“But courage wasn't an absence of fear; it was fighting despite the knot in your stomach.”
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