Words are cheap. It does not take any leadership skills to read a speech, especially if it is prepared by someone else. It takes far more to live up to the words, than to just mutter them at the crowd.
Actions speak far more than words. A leader will hold himself accountable to everyone. A coward points fingers or redirects any possible fallout to someone else. Oh,..but that is politics,..isn't it? Or is that what we have labeled it today?