I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

It takes a smart man to play dumb.

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly.

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

Obamacare sucks, it can’t be fixed.

One of the key qualities a leader must possess is the ability to detach from the chaos, mayhem, and emotions in a situation and make good, clear decisions based on what is actually happening.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

I 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.

I’m not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player’s ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence… I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

Free government is the most difficult of all government. But it is everlastingly true that the plain people will make fewer mistakes than any other group of men, no matter how powerful.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

Having the support from everyone, the bosses, whoever within the team, definitely makes it much easier for me as a driver.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Arafat’s departure has created an awesome opportunity.

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

Sadly, the truth is, there aren’t many people who can be put in high positions who won’t start thinking highly of themselves.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

People invest in businesses that they believe have the leadership, mission and team to grow and operate profitably.

That’s the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.

We are all the President’s men.

By most accounts, Aristide is the most popular figure in Haiti.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

If you want to occupy the C-suite or the top one-tenth of 1% in any organization, you have to be obsessively devoted to your career at the expense of everything else. And women look at that, and they think, ‚No.‘

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

Those 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.

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you’re decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.

Empire and liberty.

I don’t think that a Justice should have uppermost in her mind, ‚A Democratic president appointed me, so I must leave to be sure that another Democratic president can appoint my successor.‘

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.

Louis van Gaal is one of the most successful managers in the world.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.