Surveys show our standing around the world is higher than when I was elected to this office, and when it comes to every important international issue, people of the world do not look to Beijing or Moscow to lead – they call us.
Barack ObamaObama, of course, outspent McCain.
Noam ChomskyNo Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
Benjamin DisraeliA wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Thomas JeffersonI’ve seen how the issues that come across a president’s desk are always the hard ones – the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer.
Michelle ObamaEspecially when you’re at a high level in an organization, criticism can be devastating to an employee. I prefer to praise employees for what they’re doing right, and it tends to lead to them doing more of the same. Not always, but it’s the way I choose to bet.
Richard BransonBy what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?
Abraham LincolnThe art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.
Richard BransonThat government is best which governs least.
Henry David ThoreauGroups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.
Thomas SowellBeing elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.
Abraham LincolnDecisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.
Brian TracyMilitary school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.
Robert KiyosakiWhat I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that’s what I want.
Michelle ObamaThe best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOne must steer, not talk.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaPolitics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.
Dwight D. EisenhowerWhat Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?
George Bernard ShawThe right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
Benjamin DisraeliI don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
Haruki MurakamiIn politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.
Napoleon BonaparteCapitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.
Bill GatesWhen you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn’t for you. It’s for the Presidency.
Harry S. TrumanThe spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Thomas JeffersonLeaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.
Henry KissingerIf the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.
Carl von ClausewitzI’m a singer, not a politician, and I think you don’t want the two to get confused. It’s not OK to be on CNN talking about people starving and then tell the interviewer that your new album is coming out in six months.
BonoWe have the best government that money can buy.
Mark TwainWhen the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
Edmund BurkeYou think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, ‚I really like your tie.‘
Madeleine AlbrightTrump just looks stupid trying to appeal to blacks and Latinos.
Colin PowellWhen the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
Lyndon B. JohnsonUnless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.
Richard M. NixonIf you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics – a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage – surely that proves that you are in the right?
George OrwellAll respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.
Ruth Bader GinsburgPeople and organizations don’t grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses.
Stephen CoveyRunning for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It’s a marathon.
Kamala HarrisThe buck stops here!
Harry S. TrumanSo, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you’re dealt?
George W. BushFor success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamWinning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you’re the mayor. The bad news is, now you’re the mayor.
Clint EastwoodIf you believe that tax policy has nothing to do with the economy, then you’re pretty much like a rock, only dumber.
John KennedyI believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited Billy Graham to have services in the White House because I didn’t think that was appropriate. He was injured a little bit, until I explained it to him.
Jimmy CarterThe artist part of me always wants to be appreciated. I read every review. But I never wanted to seek validation by awards or anything controlled by politics.
Nipsey HussleA leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
John C. MaxwellLet others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.
Jim RohnI would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.
Dwight D. EisenhowerAll good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.
John C. MaxwellI have been very happy in the House of Representatives.
George H. W. BushA master performer like Bill Clinton never lost sight of the fact that as president he had to project confidence and power, but if he was speaking to a group of autoworkers he would adjust his accent and his words to fit the audience, and do the same for a group of executives.
Robert GreeneDeath is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.
Marcus Tullius CiceroSelf-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.
John C. MaxwellMany years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.
Herbert HooverOur friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn’t have much to say about how they’d make it right. They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan.
Barack ObamaMany people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.
Thomas SowellA good leader doesn’t get stuck behind a desk.
Richard BransonI wish I could make music about politics. I feel like it’s such an art and a talent that I admire tremendously, but when I step into the studio, I step out of the real world, and it’s therapeutic.
The WeekndI’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.
Michelle ObamaOne lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.
Lyndon B. JohnsonIf Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
James Madison