Quotes About Leadership

In 2008 all the stars aligned perfectly for Obama's 6-point victory over John McCain. He was an inexperienced, untested neophyte, and successfully convinced enough voters to paint their own version of what hope-and-change was all about on the blank canvas he provided.

While loyalists and defectors overall said John Smith did a better job of standing up for Labour's values, they put Blair ahead on representing the whole country, appealing beyond traditional Labour voters and offering strong, competent leadership; switchers to the Tories gave him a clear lead in all categories.

My responsibility is to ask, 'How can I serve my ideology and my voters?'

Even if it wasn't always morning in America during the years of his presidency, Reagan's eagerness to insist that it was tapped into a longing among voters. They didn't want to picture themselves turning down their thermostats and buttoning up their cardigans. They wanted to strut again. Reagan opened his arms and said, 'Walk this way.'

To bolster his right flank and attract women voters, John McCain had cynically opted for a running mate who was, by any stretch of the imagination, unqualified for a position a heartbeat away from the presidency.

I'm never going to become an expert on how you get delegates. I think what you've got to do is follow the will of voters.

In Washington, I am a leader on the issues that matter to my community, and I think that's what my constituents want, and also I think that's what voters want. Someone who understands them, who wants to represent them, and who works tirelessly every day on behalf of their interests and their values.

I look forward to representing the voters of District 30 and moving the state in a new direction.

I will go on doing what voters tell me to do, which is working with others, working out solutions, and getting results.

I think good campaigns generally, but I think particularly presidential campaigns, they're about the voters, and they're about the future. And I think it's hard to be a successful candidate who talks about the future who isn't hopeful, who isn't optimistic, and doesn't offer a vision, right?

The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.

There are no perfect politicians - just as there are no perfect pastors or voters. We are all sinners in need of a Savior.

Being the one person out there committed to not running negative ads - voters respond to that.

Muslims, like most other voters, don't just want 'one of their own,' they want someone who best represents their values.

As we're learning with Hillary Clinton, only guilty politicians try to hide the truth from voters.

Voters should absolutely know that a future president has the instincts to react to real-life and unrehearsed situations.

Performance or no performance, perceptions do matter. More so the voters's perceptions on the performance of their state governments.

There's always that tension between policy and personality in politics, and as voters, we have that, too: we all vote on issues, but we also vote on whether we like the people who are put forward.

If you know something damaging about a major political figure, then, in a democracy, it is surely your duty to tell the voters before they go to the polls.

Voters in 1960 elected the first Catholic president. In 2012, I voted to reelect the first African American president. Each was a vote for a man of principle and character, for a man who had proved himself capable and courageous and who would lead our country with a combination of dignity, compassion and toughness along a path of progress.

Is Trump correct that we should stop the flow of illegal immigrants? Yes, but again, words matter, and there is a way to engage voters on this issue without creating fear and insulting many hard-working Hispanics who love this country.

Voters want to get things done.

I'm not affiliated with Ed Burke, Joe Berrios or anyone else who represents the old, corrupt Chicago way. I am offering voters a complete break from that past and pushing us forward in a way that brings people together and makes government more inclusive.

I do believe Hong Kong's 5 million eligible voters want the chance to elect their chief executive.