Brett Kavanaugh Quotes

You shut the door, you tell the boss exactly what you think. But when the door opens, the job of the vice president is to stand right next to the president and implement the policy that he's decided. And I'm prepared to do that.

General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

The president of the United States actually has to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought.

The general manager is kind of like the step into darkness when you reach the top of the league. As GM, you're responsible for everything, including the maitre d's and the sommeliers - all these people who have their own agendas. But you probably make less than the maitre d' and have a lot more work and a lot more headaches.

I'm not too involved in day-to-day matters. I only supervise at the board level.

A President in a ... crisis makes, say, 10 bets a day. Maybe I made the wrong choice three times.

As Secretary of Defense I have to be cautious and prudent.

When you're President you have to make a lot of tough decisions. You have to keep lining them up and making them.

I can't deal with all her questions and also be President.

[Describing her role:] It's like running a big corporation and a little country at the same time.

That's part of being President. You can't focus on any one thing to the exclusion of all other things.

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

Analysts can choose the problems that they want to study whereas the statesman’s problems are imposed on him.

You can never predict what problems a President will face.

I need my president to be prepared to handle all the critical issues our country faces.

When a president doesn't know the policy, it doesn't make for a very effective leader.

I have been a soldier and a commander for many years and know how to differentiate between things - not to be busy all the time with the most sensitive matters and to give everything its due attention without having the issues that cause concern to constantly be troubling or worrisome.

Obama has made incredibly poor decisions that have made us less safe.

Presidents have to learn how to adapt. Every president comes into the job; it's different than they expect. They must adapt.

Commanders-in-chief make really tough decisions.

No 10 is the job I want: in the middle of things, moving the ball forward.

Leadership is solving problems.

Being a president is being a CEO, essentially.