Quotes About Leadership

I think the policy makers like the idea of being the boss. I mean people who like to boss other people around like to go into politics so they can become the boss.

I'll always put policy ahead of politics and I think people expect that. They're sick of the politics getting in the way of decent outcomes for people.

When I became leader, I made very clear I was not going to choose the easy life. I have always taken risks. I don't like comfort-zone politics.

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

Men in high levels of government seldom surf.

In less than a year, the Bush administration will strut out of office, leaving the country in roughly the same condition a toddler leaves a diaper.

I don't like the new president who hunts muslim extremists, I like the old president who is a muslim extremist.

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.

I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.

I think there needs to be a meeting to set an agenda for more meetings about meetings.

The number one responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow.

Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.

Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out.

We all joke about Congress but we can't improve on them. Have you noticed that no matter who we elect, he is just as bad as the one he replaces?

Party is organized opinion.

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

The Senate just sits and waits till they find out what the president wants, so they know how to vote against him.

I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.

To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.

Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.