Quotes about Leadership
We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that.
— Thomas Jefferson
If our planes were shot down, yes, they's wake me right away. If the other fellows' were shot down, why wake me up?
— Ronald Reagan
Politicians are just a bunch of local bandits, sent by their local voters to raid the public treasury.
— Will Rogers
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be political.
— Ronald Reagan
In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.
— John F. Kennedy
Be a politician; no training necessary.
— Will Rogers
The Pope doesn't get mixed up in Italian politics.
— Pope Francis
I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times.
— George W. Bush
George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.
— Jesse Jackson
I've paid my dues. I've earned your votes. Send me.
— Jesse Jackson
If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity is not the road to public advantage.
— John Adams