135 Movie Quotes about Bad Leaders (+ Sound Clips) - page 11

Updated: Nov 19, 2025

Memorable quotes about bad leaders, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

101 Hey, who is the goddamn manager here? I am! -Then act like it, you big lush!

Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan; Tom Hanks as Dottie Hinson; Geena Davis as "Dottie" Hinson in A League of Their Own

102 How do you think I came to power? My own two brothers... -I know. You slew them. Do you want me to do that, too?

Fredric March as Philip Ii Of Macedon in Alexander the Great (1956)

103 I'm not saying he's not right, sir. Democracy is what we fought Hitler for, it's quite a few lads we lost in this village fighting the war including our son here. Dunkirk.

Anthony Hopkins as Mr Stevens in The Remains of the Day

104 General Black oppresses the people. He pleases himself all day at their expensive. He doesn't care for the people.

Quote from Return Of The Kung Fu Dragon

105 I don't want to offend you, but I'm forced to say I don't consider a record of failure automatically grants you the right to lead.

Clint Eastwood as Jonathan Hemlock in The Eiger Sanction

106 Karl really likes to lead, doesn't he? -Uh-huh. Even more, he likes the title of leader. As if that makes him a leader.

Clint Eastwood as Jonathan Hemlock in The Eiger Sanction

107 For all these years, I've been trying all that I can to expose these corrupt officials, and restore law and order.

Quote from Mysterious Footworks of Kung Fu

108 If you had known my father, you would understand me. He was an absolute ruler. He governed his people with an iron hand, but he gave me a white pony for my fifth birthday.

Claudia Cardinale as Princess Dala in The Pink Panther (1963)

109 Man took dominion over man. The conquered were made to serve the conqueror. The weak were made to serve the strong. And freedom was gone from the world.

Charlton Heston as Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956)

110 That's the trouble with ward heelers like you. You get a little political power and you think you're king. With your bribes and petty favors, you imagine you're above the law.

Cary Grant as Capt. Cummings in She Done Him Wrong (1933)

135 Movie Quotes about Bad Leaders (+ Sound Clips) - page 11

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