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Quotes About Leadership

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.
~ Ludwig Borne
Every decision in government is so important, especially when it comes to the military where thousands of people can lose their lives.
~ Donald Trump
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
~ Abdul Kalam
Sooner or later, a society of sheep must create a government of wolves.
~ Bertrand de Jouvenel
We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens.
~ Dora Russell
We shall have world government whether you like it or not, by conquest or consent.
~ James Warburg
The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development
~ Andrew Cuomo
We need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security.
~ Lech Walesa
I am proud of my part in the creation of this new state. Our Government was the first to recognize the State of Israel.
~ Harry S. Truman
You don't want lopsided government. You don't want one side running roughshod over the other.
~ William Safire
An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.
~ Voltaire
It is an obvious and blatant stupidity beyond my ability to articulate how dumb it is for us not to teach our children how to run the government.
~ Richard Dreyfuss
Everything you heard about me is true. . . . I am not a free marketer. . . . I believe in the heavy hand of government.
~ Bill de Blasio
Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that's why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.
~ Marco Rubio
No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life.
~ Thomas E. Dewey
Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.
~ Tim Robbins
On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government.
~ Kim Campbell
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
~ Donald Rumsfeld
People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.
~ Will Rogers
No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.
~ Cornelius Nepos
Public influence is the real government of the world.
~ Josiah Warren
Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government.
~ Lincoln Steffens
Now look! That damned cowboy is president of the United States!
~ Mark Hanna