What Washington needs is adult supervision.

If you’re sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

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 topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven’t had that fear.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

I try to speak plainly so that my constituents who don’t follow the nuances of government like I do, because they’re too busy earning a real living, can understand the issues before me. None of this stuff is brain surgery.

Trump has no sense of shame.

My brother Bob doesn’t want to be in government – he promised Dad he’d go straight.

It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‚least advanced‘ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.

Where there is a free government, and the people make their own laws by their representatives, I see no injustice in their obliging one another to take their own paper money.

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I’m taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

I don’t want a brat on my team.

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that’s all.

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I’m pretty strong on, on defense matters.

George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as ‚evil.‘ Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism.

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life’s savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.

Except for the title ‚father,‘ there is no title, including ‚vice president,‘ that I am more proud to wear than that of United States senator.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

I have a reputation for taking on governors a lot more powerful than me.

We need every person on Earth to acknowledge that climate change is real and encourage each other and our leaders to address the challenge.

One 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.

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

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

I have not endorsed Trump and will not do so.

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

Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I’m angry about bankers. About the government.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

I don’t think consensus-building politics is what I’m meant to be doing.

Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

All leaders in the Lord’s Church are called by proper authority. No prophet or any other leader in this Church, for that matter, has ever called himself or herself. No prophet has ever been elected.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn’t set out to build a business empire… For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that’s going to make a real difference to other people’s lives.

We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times… and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.

Running 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.

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.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

People 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.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

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?

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.

I’m not a big politics guy.

You can’t get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.

When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn’t producing any more.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

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.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.

A good leader doesn’t get stuck behind a desk.

People make a big fuss over you when you’re President. But I’m very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn’t go to my head.