Quotes About Leadership

I don't like to rule by committee. I like sort of an autocratic way of dealing with things.

The first gay people we elect must be strong. They must not be content to sit in the back of the bus. They must not be content to accept pablum. They must be above wheeling and dealing.

I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.

When it comes to dealing with the world's climate and energy challenges, I have a simple rule: change America, change the world.

I've had deals over the years where I just haven't had good chemistry with the person across the table from me, so I've said to one of my brothers, 'You know what, you will be more effective than I will.' And that takes a level of confidence.

I've been making deals all my life.

Trump is no good at deals and never has been.

I am not just sitting in my office making deals all the time.

Dean Acheson was one of the very best and brightest of the men who ever came to Washington.

I only want to debate people who are more powerful than I am.

Anything can go wrong in a debate, and Obama is not a perfect debater.

I'm not new to debates about bans and boycotts. I encountered them during my time as President of the National Union of Students.

George H. W. Bush

Politicians have an arrogance that I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debates in high school.

With my dad gone, I made a resolution to myself. I would become the man of the house. Adulthood was still more than a decade away for me.

The pressure of kind of being one of the top guys for almost a decade, it's been awesome.

I've said it for four decades - work 'on' your business, not just 'in' your business!

The Trumps will be a dynasty that will last for decades, propelling the Republican Party into a new party.

For decades, there was no alternative to the two Dravidian parties - the DMK and the AIADMK.

The politburo have seriously self-criticized and honestly apologize to the Central Committee for the shortcomings in party building, cases of moral decay among party members and cadres.

I cannot deceive my people.

Is there decency left in American politics?

In some ways, political decency is a sign of a healthy democracy, but in other ways, it is the cause of it.

There are no points for civility or decency when it comes to prosecuting the campaign against Donald Trump.