Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes. ”

Russia - having sat across the table from Vladimir Putin, it's pretty clear when you meet him that he has an almost limitless ambition for power. And he's been very good at acquiring it - political power, economic power, military power, territorial power. ”

I lost my job in the most public way possible, and the press had a field day with it all over the world. And guess what? I'm still here. ”

Whatever your issue, your cause, the festering problem you thought would be resolved - the political class has failed you. ”

Well, I've been a Republican for all of my voting life. ”

My record proves that I don't make political or public-service decisions based on what typical folks in Washington do, which is, 'What's going to get me past the next election, or what's best for my career?' ”

I think anyone who serves in public office should have a little bit of contempt for government in their heart. ”

I'll put my conservative record up against anybody's record. I have a 10-year career in public service, and I'm proud of the things I've been able to accomplish. ”

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them. ”

I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death. ”