To some degree it matters who’s in office, but it matters more how much pressure they’re under from the public.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

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.

The Bill of Rights is not an a la carte menu.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

The other day the President said, I know you’ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

Everything isn’t political.

The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn’t.

Locally, I’ll vote one way and nationally, maybe another.

If… many influential people have failed to understand, or have just forgotten, what we were up against in the Cold War and how we overcame it, they are not going to be capable of securing, let alone enlarging, the gains that liberty has made.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the U.S. to cease acting as if they don’t understand what is going on.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

The 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.

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

The example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.

I’m personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I’m not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.

When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.

When things haven’t gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

And now, of course this is another thing I didn’t count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.

If I can be a leader, I will.

We should work with the principle that a work that can be done at a lower level should never be escalated to a higher level.

Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.

I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.

Leadership is influence.

Some people want to win races. Other people want to be President of the United States.

You can’t be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who’s for you and who’s against you.

As commanders and staff officers, we are coaches and sentries for our units: how can we coach anything if we don’t know a hell of a lot more than just the TTPs?

The IRS! They’re like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

Americans… still believe in an America where anything’s possible – they just don’t think their leaders do.

Well, when you come down to it, I don’t see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?

I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

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

In our age there is no such thing as ‚keeping out of politics.‘ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.

If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when you are afraid of your husband or your wife, you lose your dignity as an individual human being.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it’s hardly a traditional political party anymore.

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

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.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.