Bob Hawke Quotes

Francois Hollande is an intelligent man. I do not have a problem with him. The only thing is, he has never held office at the state level. Honestly, can you imagine Francois Hollande as president of France? Imagine it!

Westerners know the difference between a talker and the real deal. If Rick Perry wasn't right to be governor of Texas, why should he be president?

Mr Brown is a politician of exceptional experience and ability, and I am sure he will discharge the office of Prime Minister with distinction

Even if I disagree with Obama on many, many things, he is certainly qualified to be president. He is certainly competent to be president.

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.

This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn't confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

I have the experience and ability to step in on day one in Washington and start working on the challenging problems facing our country.

In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.

I do not believe there can be found in the whole country a man so well fitted to be President.

This election is not about ideology. It's about competence.

I’ve watched Dick a long time, and he just hasn’t grown. So I haven’t been able to believe he is presidential timber.

I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman - not me, not Bill, nobody - more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America.

Tony Blair was a good politician but not a good Prime Minister, and that's what we don't want to be. We don't want to be just people who are good at winning elections: we want to be good at governing. I think we benefit from having seen the mistakes that we think Tony Blair made in 1997.

Jill Stein does not have the experience necessary to lead at a national level.

It turns out that all of the things I was looking for in a governor, Trump has even more. He has been vetted by the media; he has been attacked by the media his entire life and is perfectly comfortable in front of a gaggle of microphones.

Nikki Haley is a proven leader. And that is what she should be judged on.

Clearly, the qualities Poles admire in a secretary of state - foreign languages, diplomatic experience, even sense of humor - are emphatically not those desired in a head of state: So be it.

I just want to say that I want to endorse Tan Jee Say for President because I think he really has what it takes.

Look, would I think my dad would make a great president in 2016 and going forward? Of course.

I am better at politics than I am at anything else.

We need someone who has the experience - and the demeanor - to be the president of the United States.

I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman, whose experience as a failed vice presidential candidate, half-term governor and eight-episode reality star has fully prepared her to take control of our nuclear arsenal.