Quotes About Leadership

People have completely lost confidence in our public officials in Jefferson City.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

Business leaders shape public opinion.

You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion.

Any politician in a democracy has to be mindful of public opinion.

We have a responsibility as elected officials to do good public policy in the best interest of all the people.

My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.

I was definitely one of those kids who, for whatever reason, followed politics and public policy.

Public school was never in business to produce Thoreau. It is in business to produce a man like Richard Nixon and, even more, a population like the one which could elect him.

I've worked in two public school districts, Minneapolis and Baltimore, one as a senior leader. And while we might not always have agreed with the union, and we might have had deep differences, they came to the table.

If, as the popular saying goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, the people who run our public schools fit that description.

I believe Betsy DeVos has the talent, commitment, and leadership capacity to revitalize our public schools and deliver the promise of opportunity that excellent education provides, and I support her nomination as U.S. Secretary of Education.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

Before I was in the Senate, I was a superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, and before that, I was in business.

Public schools have given so much to our family - I've been proud to fight for them as a state senator and lieutenant governor.

Our schools have made our state great, and we have to make our public schools the best they can be.

The public sector certainly includes the Department of Labor. Those are jobs that are available. They are open and they are good paying jobs. The government as a whole has been actually retrenching under President Clinton's leadership.

I'd like to have another opportunity to serve. I believe in service. I enjoy it. I also like coming and going, you know, because I think that my private-sector life has contributed to how I think about public-sector challenges and what I do in the public sector.

Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.

When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.

Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them accountable for their actions!

It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account.

The illegitimate money made by corrupt public servants and the power that it gives them is then also used to perpetuate them in office. This corrupt money is one of the main factors responsible for the continued reelection of such politicians. They become masters of the people they are supposed to serve.