Quotes About Leadership

There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.

Government is instituted for those who live under it.

It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people.

A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

What can a mere French minister do when associated with Lloyd George, who thinks he is Napoleon, and Woodrow Wilson, who thinks he is Jesus Christ?

The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.

The Liberals talk about a stable government but we don't know how bad the stable is going to smell.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate into a struggle of cabals.

One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions.

Most of Albania considers this Government to be legitimate.

I consider the Chinese government's policy among the most intelligent in the world.

Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president.

There can be no good character in civil government if there is none in the people. You cannot make a good omelet with bad eggs.

Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track.

Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own.

The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

The essence of good government is trust.

I would not be the mere President of a Party. I feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.

No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.