Political courage is not political suicide.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerPeople 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 CoveyAssassination is the extreme form of censorship.
George Bernard ShawAn election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
George EliotI personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors.
Noam ChomskyThe most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.
H. L. MenckenAs a matter of fact, I didn’t make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.
Joe BidenThe effort to try to present the Social Security program as if it’s a major problem, that’s just a hidden way of trying to undermine and destroy it.
Noam ChomskyA kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaIf the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.
Barack ObamaGoverning a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.
Lao TzuThose people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Brian TracyI think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
Madeleine AlbrightBut let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You’re looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.
George H. W. BushThere will be no whitewash in the White House.
Richard M. NixonRunning 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 HarrisNow that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
Oscar WildeFor the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.
PlatoI can’t deny that the thought of being governor, the thought of being president, is alluring. And beyond that, it would be an opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives on a global scale. But there are a lot of other things I want to do first.
Dwayne JohnsonI want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.
Michelle ObamaThe most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
Theodore RooseveltThere are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, and then there are people who are very analytic or focused on strategy. Those two types don’t usually tend to be in the same person. I would put myself much more in the latter camp.
Mark ZuckerbergThe rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
PlatoI love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he’s going to do, even when it’s hard – especially when it’s hard.
Michelle ObamaIf the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?
Thomas JeffersonThe difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
Will RogersThe trouble with Nixon is that he’s a serious politics junkie. He’s totally hooked and like any other junkie, he’s a bummer to have around, especially as President.
Hunter S. ThompsonI’m the only president you’ve got.
Lyndon B. JohnsonThe governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments‘ plans.
Benjamin DisraeliWhen I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn’t a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn’t be a realistic ambition for a woman to want to become a federal judge. It wasn’t realistic until Jimmy Carter became our president.
Ruth Bader GinsburgMy desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.
Dalai LamaFor 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 KalamI just think you ought to talk straight with your people.
John KennedyA leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
John C. MaxwellI haven’t been very active in politics.
Clint EastwoodYou think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman’s behind.
Muhammad AliWe are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.
Lyndon B. JohnsonI claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.
Mahatma GandhiFortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I’m very grateful for the support and kindness that we’ve gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband’s policies or what have you, they care about children and that’s been good to see.
Michelle ObamaNo body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise.
Francis BaconAnd I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.
James MadisonEspecially 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 BransonBlessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.
Henry KissingerGovernments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves. That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.
Noam ChomskyLet me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamSometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It’s a lesson I’ve had to relearn quite a few times.
Robert KiyosakiSadly, the truth is, there aren’t many people who can be put in high positions who won’t start thinking highly of themselves.
Joyce MeyerThe most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.
Kevin HartIf I’m going to get you to do stuff, I need to lead you. I can’t just order you to do it.
Jocko WillinkWhat Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?
George Bernard ShawThe only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
Franklin D. RooseveltRichard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he’d lie just to keep his hand in.
Harry S. TrumanI never accepted Communist dogma or theory.
J. Robert OppenheimerThe presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.
Lyndon B. JohnsonYeah, I wasn’t chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn’t planned by anyone.
Neil ArmstrongRegimes planted by bayonets do not take root.
Ronald ReaganA President cannot always be popular.
Harry S. TrumanA gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
Joe BidenPut two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.
Franklin D. RooseveltWhen governments rely increasingly on sophisticated public relations agencies, public debate disappears and is replaced by competing propaganda campaigns, with all the accompanying deceits. Advertising isn’t about truth or fairness or rationality, but about mobilising deeper and more primitive layers of the human mind.
Brian Eno