Daniel Inouye Quotes

You're president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.

At least I make decisions based on what I think is right, not who my friends might be.

Presidents don’t get to do do-overs!

It is not the Congress's job to rubber stamp bad decisions [of the President.]

You wouldn’t want a President to have a cabinet that all agreed with him on everything.

I need to have a great deal of control and the ability to share my control with my collaborators and grant them the freedom and the quality of work I think these people deserve. If I don't have those elements, I walk away.

AAP's Punjab Convener is not a rubber stamp.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

The office of the president is the most powerful in the world. It is also, at times, the most powerless.

Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

I'm not a rubber stamp, and people know that. If you can convince me of the merits, you will have my vote every time.

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.

I would say I'm 90 percent collaborative in everything I do, and 10 percent of the time I just make the call.

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.

I'm a team player. But I will say that I've never been a 'yes man' in my life.

I came not from within the administration, and it was clear and clear in our discussions and no one asked otherwise that I would lead this the way I thought best and I would speak the truth as we found it.

I've got to let the people who are in the business run the business. I can help them think through their decisions about products, about partners, about hiring. But in the end, the decisions are theirs, and so is the responsibility.

Democracy can tie your hands in a rock 'n' roll band, you know? It can be a great thing, but if you've got a certain amount of vision and you write a lot of songs, it's sometimes better to have your own band and make your own decisions.

I don't think I am that hands-on. I'm much more of a believer in finding a great team of people and trusting them to follow their instincts. They work better when they feel they have freedom and they are trusted.

I am not responsible to the Senate and will not submit my actions to them.

We admire the President. We support the President. But we don't work for the President.

Leaders often find themselves temporarily alone.

The President sends first and asks our advice and consent afterwards.