Quotes About Leadership

Almost everything I think we've accomplished for the good of the country has been because of liberals against conservative opposition.

When you are in the government, you have to demonise your opposition.

We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government.

Congress becomes the public voice of opposition.

In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre.

I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition.

In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can't stop there.

My general approach to opposition is where the government is getting something right, we should say so. And where we disagree with them, we should say so, too.

Opposition is an inevitable reality of pastoral life.

Just because you have opposition doesn't make you a great leader.

Good executives, like all good leaders, must expect opposition when making decisions or when making or enforcing the law. But executives must engage those that disagree with them.

I think the Democratic Party has to learn how to be a party of opposition.

If Donald Trump takes the nation backwards, we can lead as a state and move forward. It is up to us to stand in opposition to anything that would take Colorado backwards.

I always say that the largest party in every country - the largest opposition group in every country - is the youth party.

The government takes the opposition day debates incredibly seriously.

For better or worse, when I was director of public prosecutions I had to deal with every challenge that came up, and come up with an answer. Being in opposition, you're not taking the decisions; you're saying what you would do if you were in power, and that's deeply frustrating.

If there is not competent Opposition, the government that comes to power won't have anyone to hold them accountable.

I've never been an MP in government unfortunately and only know what it's like to be in opposition.

I want to be a combination of P. Diddy and Oprah.

I'm aiming to become the white Oprah.

So people ask, 'But how can you work for a friend?' I say it's because I know that the magazine is called 'O.' The bottom line is somebody has to have the final word. Oprah's not right all the time, but her record is pretty damn good. That's not to say you can't disagree.

There's no male Oprah.

I talk to Oprah several times a week, and I see the side of Oprah that's having the time of her life. What she's getting to do with OWN is build a team to create a brand from nothing.

My idols are Oprah and Martha. From nothing, they built industries.