Michael Bloomberg Quotes

So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.

Becoming a mom makes politics real. Whether it's education policies, health care policies, family leave - it informs your decision-making.

National security looks different from the Oval Office than it does from a hotel room in Iowa.

There is a very close connection between being a doctor and a politician. The doctor tries to prevent illness, then tries to treat it if it comes. It's exactly the same as what you try to do as a politician, but with regard to society.

Politics is the science of urgencies.

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.

I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.

For instance, Clinton who was unquestionably the smartest of the bunch I talked to - both the ones who made it and didn't. He had a great interest in policy.

If I wanted a circus ringmaster, I'd hire Trump. If I wanted advice on brain surgery or hospital management, I'd turn to Carson. Fiorina would make an articulate television pundit. But for president?

The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

To me, politics is an extension of what I do in medicine.

Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but it's the same skills.

When you are President you have to get something done, and that often means compromise.

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.

Congress cannot—nor should it—run foreign policy on a day-to-day basis. That is a truism.

Government is about hard choices.

National security is not only building war machines to kill. National security is as much a policy of the living who prefer life over death, wellness over sickness, work over idleness, education over illiteracy, and food over hunger.

It is the President alone who must make the major decisions of our foreign policy.

No American President should ever take any option off the table.

Wherever people are free, foreign and domestic policy are inseparable.

Politics is about explanations.