Quotes about Leadership

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?

When a leader is in the Democratic Party he is a boss, and when he is in the Republican Party he is a leader.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

The 'C' students run the world.

I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he'd taken a poll in Egypt?

I would rather be a Medal of Honor recipient then the President of the United States!

The President may have a great many powers given to him by the Constitution and may have certain powers under certain laws which are given to him by the Congress of the United States; but the principal power that the President had is to bring people in and try to persuade them to do what they ought to do without persuasion.

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.