politician Quotes
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Let us not despair but act. Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past – let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
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The terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders, but the fate of peace is up to each of us.
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Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understand the problems of running a country.
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Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, 'here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well'.
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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.
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The price of greatness is responsibility.