Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

As president, you can get all kinds of advice from all kinds of people. But at the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values and your vision and the life experiences that make you who you are.

I get really motivated when I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can.

And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.

To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.

People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you’re covered and there’s not someone else has to pay for you. That is as simple as that.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

The point – the power to hurt – of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.

A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect.

Since the team understands that the leader is de facto in charge, in that respect, a leader has nothing to prove. But in another respect, a leader has everything to prove: Every member of the team must develop the trust and confidence that their leader will exercise good judgment, remain calm, and make the right decisions when it matters most.

When I was running training, we would fire a couple of leaders from every SEAL team because they couldn’t lead. And 99.9% of the time, it wasn’t a question of their ability – it was a question of their ability to listen.

I don’t think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

Look, when you’re the president, there’s all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it’s just the nature of the job.

I’m no leader; I’m a little humble follower.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she’s a good wench for this gear.

I realized why directors are such horrible people – in a way – because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.

Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.

If we want to reduce poverty and misery, if we want to give to every deserving individual what is needed for a safe existence of an intelligent being, we want to provide more machinery, more power. Power is our mainstay, the primary source of our many-sided energies.

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

It’s in responsibility that most people find the meaning that sustains them through life. It’s not in happiness. It’s not in impulsive pleasure.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

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

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

Hillary doesn’t play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime – yes, more than Barack, more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be Commander-in-Chief on day one. And, yes, she happens to be a woman.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

Personally, I’d like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.

You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn’t.

I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future.

I’m a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I’m even afraid of it – it’s a learned affectation and it’s just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that it looks nearly the same everywhere I have been: The climate crisis is ignored by people in charge, despite the science being crystal clear.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

A President’s hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog, but I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

If life gives you limes, make margaritas.

The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

But 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.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking.

I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.

Ever since Israel has been a nation the United States has provided the leadership. Every president down to the ages has done this in a fairly balanced way, including George Bush senior, Gerald Ford, and others including myself and Bill Clinton.

Find enough clever things to say, and you’re a Prime Minister; write them down and you’re a Shakespeare.

Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

Ice-cream is exquisite – what a pity it isn’t illegal.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.