Quotes About Leadership

One hopes that good, sensible and brave people will continue to go into public life at all levels.

Donald Trump has put some professional people around himself. Experienced. Successful. I know a lot of people seem to think that success and experience are reasons you shouldn't serve in public office. But they are knowledgeable and smart, and they've been around the world.

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant.

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

I want to tell you ladies and gentlemen, the actions that we took were not always easy. The actions that we took were not always popular. But when you get yourself in public office, you must lead, you must do what's necessary.

When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.

There are very few people who have had as much public impact as I've already had... without being elected to public office in Massachusetts.

Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.

A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.

If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I wouldn't rule it out, but it's not something I feel determined to do.

I didn't intend to run for public office. I didn't really think about it.

I'm intrigued by being in public office.

I've done things my own way every since I've entered public office.

The whole purpose of me seeking public office is to make the world a better place. When I put my name on the ballot, I obviously think that I'm the best candidate to do that.

Almost every business is regulated by the state. So if you're going to say, 'If you own any business, you shouldn't run for public office,' I don't think that's what we want.

When you get into this line of work, you're in public office, you expect you're gonna have cheap shots taken at you. That's part of the process.

Honestly, if you are going to run for public office, I think it's incumbent... to speak up.

I've been in public office now 14 years, I've been a senior minister for six. There's pretty much a fair bit out there about the kind of person I am and how I apply myself to the job.

If you don't know anybody who is out of work, who needs housing, if you've never taken a call at 2 o'clock in the morning from a neighbor who is running out of heating fuel in the middle of February, then you don't know what you do in a tough situation. To me, that's the measure of whether you should be in public office.

It's crucial to democracy and good government to scrutinize our public officials.

In the end, the public has the right to know about any undertakings top public officials engage in that may influence how they conduct the people's business.

Some public officials are blessed - you can't acquire this, but you are blessed with the gift of empathy, being able to empathize with those who are suffering.

Instead of channeling Trump, and attacking the courts in ways that are as bad as or worse than the president's, public officials who ought to know better should behave better.

All public officials, including the secretary of state, must be held accountable.