Top 10 Quotes by Michael A. Ledeen

They must attack us in order to survive, just as we must destroy them to advance our historic mission.

They must attack us in order to survive, just as we must destroy them to advance our historic mission.

Order, Historic, Missions

Michael A. Ledeen (2007). “The War Against the Terror Masters: Why It Happened. Where We Are Now. How We'll Win.”, p.213, Macmillan

Paradoxically, preserving liberty may require the rule of a single leader-a dictator-willing to use those dreaded 'extraordinary measures, which few know how, or are willing, to employ.'

Michael A. Ledeen

Leader, Historical, Liberty

Michael A. Ledeen (2007). “Machiavelli on Modern Leadership: Why Machiavelli's Iron Rules Are As Timely And Important Today As Five Centuries Ago”, p.173, Macmillan

I think the level of casualties is secondary... [A]ll the great scholars who have studied American character have come to the conclusion that we are a warlike people and that we love war... What we hate is not casualties but losing.

Michael A. Ledeen

Hate, War, Character

In order to achieve the most noble accomplishments, the leader may have to 'enter into evil.' This is the chilling insight that has made Machiavelli so feared, admired, and challenging. It is why we are drawn to him still.

Michael A. Ledeen

Order, Accomplishment, Evil

Michael A. Ledeen (2007). “Machiavelli on Modern Leadership: Why Machiavelli's Iron Rules Are As Timely And Important Today As Five Centuries Ago”, p.90, Macmillan

Just wage a total war against these tyrants; I think we will do very well and our children will sing great songs about us years from now.

Michael A. Ledeen

Song, Children, War

Powerful dictatorships that make their leaders powerful need to stage wars to get ordinary people to march in lockstep like mindless Nazi robots. That is the road to Greatness.

Michael A. Ledeen

Powerful, War, Greatness

There is no more dramatic proof of the death of the Left than the passage of its central vision - global democratic revolution - into the hands of those who call themselves conservatives.

Michael A. Ledeen

Hands, Vision, Politics

"The End Of The Left's History". www.cbsnews.com. December 2, 2004.