Quotes About Leadership

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.

Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places.

God is in charge, and alone sits as the ultimate government over His creation. All other governments are then to reflect His ultimate rule.

A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.

Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained.

Democracy is the worst kind of government, I'm sorry. Would you still call yourself a Christian if they elected a new Jesus every four years?

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.

Egypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat.

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad.

The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning is unclear. See: Depression.

The best view of big government is in the rearview mirror as we leave it behind.

Government is not show business.

It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.

It's wrong to criticize government without offering a possible alternative.

I think Churchill would be appalled at the Thatcher government.

Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

Education is not something that the government invests in. Because if you invest in education, no politician can come and tell you something that doesn't make sense.

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.

All governments are, to a certain extent, a treaty with the Devil.