Bill McKibben Quotes

Where incompetence is prized, it is ever-present.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest.

Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk.

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Liberals get credit for good intentions, and that's about it, because everything they do fails.

There's always cause for concern if bad policies are pursued.

You can choose a direction that will take you into something that isn't going to take you where you want to go, or you can choose another direction which is down the right pathway.

It'll become obvious that we've really been working against ourselves.

Politics doesn't matter, policy does.

Everything looks like a failure in the middle

I would rather see this administration turned out for enforcing laws can see a succeed for violating them.

He can't spend all his time running his mouth; he's got to run the country.

Running a country is much more difficult than running a campaign.

Headmasters have powers at their disposal which Prime Ministers have never yet been invested.

The person who manages the state is me.

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the most ignorant part of society.

Presidents ... become hermits only at their peril. Running the executive branch is now a team sport. It is operated best by politicians who thrive on command, possess a fine and sure touch for the levers of power and enjoy the company of those who serve them.

All politicians make huge mistakes.

It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.

Successful and unsuccessful political policies have one commonalty. The people who created the policies thought they would be successful.

When I served as Prime Minister last time, I failed to prioritize my agenda. I was eager to complete everything at once and ended my administration in failure.

I've had quite a long time in government, and I've learned a few things.