"You don't know whether a person is a moral leader unless they have something to lead for," he said.
Republicans, and even many Democrats, these days prefer the definition of a moral leader as a role model.
The president is not the moral leader of his people, no matter how often he prays or mentions God's name.
This is a good time to make a fresh start, and demonstrate to the world that America can still be a moral leader.
Why don't us moral leaders also recognize each other's humanity by the touch of hands?
Even his critics - and he had them - deferred to him at the end of the day as a moral leader.
In the past, America was the moral leader of the world.
Six in 10 voters said it was more important that a president be a good manager of the government than an exemplary moral leader.
The found that Republicans said they were looking for a moral leader and one who would change the tax code.