Filipino public servant and politician, Birth: 27-5-1958, Death: 18-8-2012
1.
The most important ingredient of leadership is character. Most of the proficiencies can be learned, but what's inside you is something that's difficult to change.
Jesse Robredo
The most pivotal attribute of leadership is morality. Most of the aptitudes can be acquired, but what lies within you is something that's difficult to modify.
2.
It's not enough for an official to be good. There has to be a system that forces them to be good.
Jesse Robredo
3.
I've long held the belief that as a leader, I can't ask of you something that I can't do myself, and I can't impose on you values that I don't live out.