Quotes About Leadership

Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so.

The foremost art of kings is the power to endure hatred.

Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and virtue of the People.

The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

Global governance is just a euphemism for global government.

I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.

Government is full of people who think they know what's best for others and can rationalize compelling them to accept it.

Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what's going on in the Chamber is an important part of that.

Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.

His [Donald Trump] name is on everything. He is a celebrity. But he is not a governor. He has never run government. He is a business executive.

The long experiment with professional politicians and professional government is over, and it failed.

I don't think any Australian will ever forget, there will never be a Carbon Tax under a government I lead.

I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.

The quality of government, I suppose, is determined not by what happens, but by how you react to what happens.

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

The crossroads where government meets enterprise can be an exciting crossroads. It can also be a corrupt crossroads. It requires moral rectitude to separate public service from private gain.

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.

Campaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. The sclerosis starts there.

Royalty puts a human face on the operations of government.

The worst government is the most moral.

Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves.

Governments are based on power, companies are based on goodwill, which allows them to invest in the future.

Not only did he [Dean Acheson] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all.