Quotes about Leadership

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

We are domesticated animals, revolving in a cage which we have built for ourselves - with its contentions, wranglings, its impossible political leaders, its gurus who exploit our self-conceit and their own with great refinement or rather crudely.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either.

The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

Every four years, the eyes of America become riveted on the national election returns. But God's first concern during any political season is not the same as our first concern - it is not about what is happening, or going to happen, in the White House. God's first concern is what is happening, or not happening, in His house.

I got to be White House chief of staff, ten years of congressman, secretary of defense, vice-president. If you're a political junkie like I obviously am - that was - every one of those was just a tremendous experience. I'm very comfortable with what I did and why I did it and how I did it. And I'll let others judge whether they liked it or not.

The White House should always be a friend to American freedom.

I have known several presidents quite well, including my husband, and I worked closely with President George W. Bush and the White House then after 9/11, and I served with President Obama. I disagree with all three of those presidents on certain things.

Gimmicks belong almost anyplace except a Republican presidential primary.

Rahul Gandhi lacks the mass appeal and not a match to Modi... people will not not accept him as prime minister.