The Quotation of the Week (February 7 - 13, 2021)

 

A quotation of Rosalyn Carter on 'a leader and a great leader,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

President Donald Trump in Cartoons

Cartoon courtesy: ottawaherald.com/

The world, especially the U.S., is gripped with the consequences of the childish behaviour of President Donald Trump. His narcissism, irresponsibility, quirkiness, constant belittling of others, and total lack of love and empathy are causing many people to suffer unnecessarily. 

You may see the reflection of this in the following cartoons, provided by the U.S. News and World Report website: 

• Cartoons on President Donald Trump (Click on the first cartoon and then click on the arrow on the right one by one to view more than 800 cartoons on President Donald Trump)

The Quotation of the Week (May 17 - 23, 2020)

Quotations on U.S. President's Leadership 
and Empathy During Times of Crisis and Grief

• “I can think of many presidents whose finest hours included times of mourning. In these and other times, the president binds us as a nation by acknowledging and giving voice to our shared sense of loss, grief and pain and pointing the way to better times ahead. [President Donald] Trump hasn’t shown himself capable of this, in my view.” –David Greenberg (presidential scholar at Rutgers University, USA)

• “It takes a strong man to open his heart. But it also makes a very good and memorable president [who exhibits compassion and empathy].” –Craig Shirley, a Republican operative and President Reagan biographer

• “In virtually all of F.D.R.’s [Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s] talks, he played a pastoral role. He was always empathetic, and even when he was talking about economic dislocation, unemployment, etc., he introduced spiritual notes.” –Susan Dunn, a Williams College professor and author of several books on Roosevelt

• “He [President George W. Bush] was really passionate about connecting with people especially because he took this type of tragedy so personally. He used that passion to express his remorse and sadness, but also to connect with people to make them feel better. He would say it wasn’t about him. It was about the presidency and he wanted to share the presidency with them.” –Eric Draper, the White House photographer who accompanied President George W. Bush

• “In five years of watching him, I’ve never seen [President Donald] Trump display a shred of empathy or grace towards another human being. I’m not sure he has that capacity, at least he’s never shown it in public.” –Jon Favrean, chief speechwriter of President Barack Obama

• “…His [President Donald Trump’s] role should show hope and inspiration, but I think it should show compassion. There are a lot of people that are experiencing a lot of fear, so I do think it has a time and a place.” –David Mangan, one of the survivors of coronavirus, and a pharmaceutical sales representative from Hot Springs, Arkansas

--Quotations compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Source: "Amid a Rising Death Toll, Trump Leaves the Grievieving 

to Others" by Peter Baker, The New York Times (April 30, 2020)

The Quotation of the Week (May 10 - 16, 2020)

A quotation of Sister Joan Chittister, OSB,
on 'real leadership,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Design: Jerome D'Costa

The Quotation of the Week (March 22 - 28, 2020)

A quotation of President Ronald Reagan on 'the greatest leader,'
compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo © Jerome D'Costa (Dec. 16, 2017)

The Quotation of the Week (January 5 - 11, 2020)

"Each one of us will be a leader at some time in our lives. Whether we lead a family, a group of friends, a larger group, or a major segment of society, each of us will act in ways to influence others." --Sandra Day O'Connor (1930 -       : U.S. Associate Jutice of the Supreme Court)

The Quotation of the Week (March 27 - April 2, 2011)

Light sources at night in Toronto

Photo (Toronto: Oct. 31, 2010) © Jerome D'Costa