reason why i admire him as a leader...
i would like to share a few words with anyone who may be reading this and in particular to those who aspire to be leaders someday. as taken from bernama on april 24, 2006, Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who was commenting about his goverment's economic policy on RMK9 and i quote..."Never mind that I may not build great monuments or glittering cities. What is important to me is that what we do today, what we change today, will enable us to succeed now and far into the future."
"...while politicians wanted to be popular, popularity must not come ahead of doing the right thing."
"I do not like bailouts. The rest you will have to work it out."
i believe that the following quote is of most importance and should be taken into account by all future leaders...
"I am prepared to lend my political capital and assert my political will to see changes in our education system that will enable us to foster this environment early on for our youth."
taken from online news article by Bernama, titled "PM Says Not His Policy To Spend And Burden Future Generations", april 24, 2006.
p/s: to be moderate is to invite somebody to contest what we believe. to some people popularity can go as far as becoming a life ambition. not that there is anything wrong with being popular, it is just that there is more than popularity when it comes to leadership.
posted by fat_elephant @ 7:01 PM
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