Quotes About Decision-making

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.

Someone has to stay on the line and say, no, we can do this by cutting spending and reducing the size of government. That's what I was committed to doing.

All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.

In government and out, there are vast realms of the bureaucracy dedicated to seeking more information, in perpetuity if need be, in order to avoid taking action.

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?

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

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

It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act.

Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.

No intelligence system can predict what a government will do if it doesn't know itself.

All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.

You are attempting to be logical, I suspect, and logic has little to do with government, and nothing at all to do with military administration.

At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right.

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

Sadly, in the highest levels of economic thought in government, questions are not tolerated. It is as if we're dealing with the binary thinking of a fundamentalist religion.

Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.

We are a great country, and whatever choice we make we will still be great. But I believe the choice is between being an even greater Britain inside a reformed EU or a great leap into the unknown.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

It is easier to develop great power than it is to know how to use it wisely.

Bad sales managers push two buttons: 'more' and 'panic.' Great sales managers have one more button to push: the 'how'.

Take people's advice and guidance in the beginning, but always follow your instincts first

If the modern leader doesn't know the facts, he is in grave trouble, but rarely do the facts provide unqualified guidance.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.