Quotes About Leadership

We have a lot of folks who talk about immigration reform but haven't put their name on a bill.

Kennedy was the driving force of reform in America.

If Democrats in Washington haven't got enough sense to own the issue of political reform, I give up on them entirely.

The idea was never for me to be a career bureaucrat or career technocrat; it was more about where I could implement ideas and reform programs.

In politics, reform never comes before crisis.

If Donald Trump wants to pass comprehensive immigration reform, I will work with Donald Trump.

Every single stage of reform becomes more difficult because you use political capital.

I think there is an overwhelming support for campaign finance reform, and that includes conservatives and Republicans. Where the problem is is with the leadership; with the politicians who are benefiting from the big campaign contributions, and the dark money in the electioneering communications and so forth.

Talking to Republicans who aren't leaders - that's not very difficult both on anti-trust and on campaign finance reform. I think it's a lot more complicated when you talk to highly funded leaders - that's the innate, deeply problematic part of our politics.

I appreciate that Marco Rubio has called for immigration reform but he goes back and forth on it a little bit.

We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a reformer. We've been able to accomplish a number of things together.

It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.

My whole deal is reforming, changing, shaking up Washington. It sure needs it.

How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.

As chairman of the tax-writing House Ways & Means Committee, I continue to be inspired by President Reagan's 1985 national address to the American people as he challenged them to join him in boldly reforming the broken, complex tax code.

My government is committed to carrying out electoral reforms. It is our firm resolve to keep criminal elements away from power.

Leadership is more than just managing economic reforms. Leadership means giving broad direction, take up challenges which other people cannot do.

I have always been saying that while - the legislative reforms are good, but there are so many low-hanging fruits that we have look for by taking executive decisions. I think the government is actually moving in the right direction.

When the president and the prime minister decide to implement reforms, they have all the measures they need to pass them and enforce them.

I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.

Louisiana's a very conservative state. When we've ever polled this, we've found that they like conservative reforms. They want us to fight back against our leadership and Democrats, so it's very consistent.

We need to give the prime minister of the day a chance. If he or she cannot win an election, so be it. But no prime minister can push through the reforms we need if they cannot even finish a term in office.

Politicians have been the primary hurdle to reforms, and corruption is the center of the problem.

If you want people to take action,you must refrain from giving them the answers.