Newt Gingrich Quotes

Taking power is fine. But what do you do when you are in power?

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

Certainly I shall not be one of those who, having gained power, do not wish to use it.

Whether it's a blessing or a curse, it's a fact that we have power. Everyone—friend and enemy—looks to see how we use it, how we treat it, how we keep it.

Structure is not about moving boxes around on a chart. Structure is about power.

Leadership and power vacuums will be filled.

We are defined by how we use our power.

When I was working in the Pentagon, I had to own the recommendations I made up the chain of command.

Every decision that affects our lives will be made by the person who has the power to make that decision, not the 'right' person or the 'smartest' person or the 'best' person. Make peace with this fact.

How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries? Who, in such cases, is really the chief?

It was Grant's company and he made all the decisions. And that was just fine.

When placed in command, take charge.

All leaders share something in common. They feel they are the only ones who can do the job.

Gotta watch out for directors.

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

I've never wanted to be the boss.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.