Brian Mulroney Quotes

I don't think I have the demeanor to be a politician. I'm used to making decisions and to a certain extent being in charge.

It has been my privilege on various occasions to converse with presidents of the United States and important men in other governments. At the close of each such occasion, I have reflected on the rewarding experience of standing with confidence in the presence of an acknowledged leader.

I'm very tough. Come to a council meeting, and you'll see it.

I've never been big on sports coats and pants. I'm a suit guy. It makes it clear who's in charge.

I'm so official, all I need is a whistle.

I assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention as my choice for the vice president was challenged by only 39 other nominees.

No ruler who lacks the gift of persuasion can stay in office long; it is the indispensable condition of government. It would be an idle illusion to assume that any government, no matter how good, could lastingly do without public consent.

Kennedy understood something that is not so obvious, and that is that words are more important than deeds. You can’t govern 300 million people—or 180 million when Kennedy was president—by doing things. You can only do it by rhetoric.

He [Donald Trump] loves it. He thrives in it, and he is learning it every day.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

I've been parading around, leading people, being loud, since forever.

I'm an opposition leader. But Mr Modi is also my prime minister. Mr Modi has certain skills. He's a very good communicator.

Both my parents were educators, so interviews and college applications and shaking hands and looking people in the eye and feeling confident and knowing what you can bring to any project or audition - I've known about these things my entire life.

Theodore Roosevelt, when he was out of office, he would do things to draw attention. But when you are president, you don't need to shout. When you are in office, you are the story.

I feel more comfortable being confrontational and authoritative. It's important for women in this business.

I have a bigger voice than Donald Trump, you know what I'm saying? Than literally anybody that works in politics.

I think that as president of Poland, I can speak about the suffering.

You must be confident and on top of all the plays you call.

Miss Universe is someone who communicates her thoughts effectively and is able to connect to people.

The skills necessary to change nappies or negotiate Brexit are obviously very different, but both involve a great deal of trust in the competence of the people doing the job.

The England captaincy job, after 50-odd games, has found out what kind of leader I am in terms of a person. It's made me feel far more confident in terms of talking to a group in any situation. But it has taken me a long time to feel like I've been doing it naturally.

I won't write about a subject unless I've mastered it.

Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.

You have to make some hard decisions when you're speaker.

There's nothing like making a decision when you're a football referee. It really pushes you to be very clear - to make that decision and to sell it to everybody who's there. You believe in it, but you have to make sure other people believe in it, too.