Quotes About Leadership

Doing nothing to stop national parks being drilled for oil isn't what climate leadership looks like.

I thank those activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and others. They risked - and sometimes lost - their lives in the name of freedom and equality.

Parliament's centuries of history have been overwhelmingly dominated by men, but things are changing.

I am well aware of the politics of Uttar Pradesh, as I have had multiple stints as a member of Parliament. I know how politics works here.

Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.

To every woman out there who thinks that they might like to get involved in politics or stand for parliament, I say go for it. If I can do it, so can you.

The reason why I'm in Parliament is not really to see my colleagues win power; it is to see us at last in a position where we can give it up.

As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.

The government's intention is to function, to have debates in Parliament, and to work in the interest of the people.

I'm passionate about parliament democracy.

We have never said that we want to challenge the institution of Parliament.

The function of parliament is to hold the executive to account. We should never overlook the primacy of parliament.

Parliament was an institution of enormous standing when I was aspiring to go in. It isn't now.

Inevitably, the role of being a backbench Member of Parliament is completely different from being a minister bound by collective responsibility.

Parliament must do a better job at holding the Government to account than it managed in the Article 50 debates.

I was the chairman of the IT committee of Parliament for 5 years.

When I go in and talk to students about being a Member of Parliament, I say to them it took me 21 years from joining the Conservative Party as a 16-year-old to being elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time in Loughborough. It's a long journey, but the rewards when you get there, the feeling of accomplishment is huge.

I'm the fifth president of Haiti to rule without a parliament.

It is simply the view, and a view I think shared by most members of the party, that it is very difficult to have a leader that does not command the support of the parliamentary party.

I was elected to the Diet in the same way as at every parliamentary election.

Formation of alignments for governments are done by our central parliamentary board and not locally.

It is often said there is a great deal of talent in the Conservative Parliamentary Party. This is true, but too many of the brightest and best remain on the backbenches.

The Parliamentary Labour Party is a crucial and very important part of the Labour party, but it is not the entirety of the Labour Party.

Since 1998, I have served my country as a member of four cabinets and as the leader of the parliamentary opposition.