In a speech on 'Leadership, Change and Progress' Thomas Hoenig of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City said leadership is necessary to convert the energy of change into progress but the talent to lead guarantees nothing. Leaders can harm. Leaders can fail. But individuals who hold to a set of principles, who are of high character, who hold and seek knowledge, who combine these attributes into wisdom, and who persist in their goals are the real leaders.

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