Leadership Quotes
“Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you don't become efficient, you don't run a business well, and you are out of business. And I think some of those principles could be applied to leadership in Washington.”
“Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.”
-- James MacGregor Burns
“Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses.”
-- Jose Serrano
“To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.”
-- Mike DeWine
“But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.”
-- Chris Patten
“So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We don't need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House.”
-- Mario Diaz-Balart
“I think that my leadership style is to get people to fear staying in place, to fear not changing.”
-- Lou Gerstner