David Trimble Quotes

Party leaders must have not only the confidence of the party, but the confidence of the people.

It isn't personal per se to document what the Republican Party leadership is doing and how they're abrogating actual leadership.

The fundamental question is is the Conservative Party leadable

I am delighted to have won so much support from my colleagues. The Conservative Party can come together - and under my leadership it will.

Leading the party is a privilege not a right.

You'd know if I was the de-facto leader of the Democratic Party, because you'd go down to Walgreen's and buy a pack of blunts.

No party is as bad as its leaders.

I intend to lead my party, which is the only party that has a serious policy on the No. 1 priority of the people and that is the economy.

I think the leaders in all parties tend to adjust to reality. They just have to or they won't remain in office.

I'm not ruling. I never ruled. I have one vote and I'm the leader of the party. I've always had a vote on the central committee. I always had more influence than that one vote. I'll admit that.

Leaders of political parties need to keep in contact with the people; that's what it's all about. If violence were to erupt, I am fairly confident that we could control our people. Whether or not the authorities can control theirs is another matter altogether.

The leadership class of the Republican Party is a conservative Christian loony bin. The leadership of the Republican Party are a bunch of sociopathic maniacs who have their lips super-glued to the ass of the conservative right.

Is it important that you have a strong leadership for your party? I think it's critical.

He (Gorton) is not fit to hold the great office of Prime Minister.

A lot of people want me to run for things, for a lot of high offices. The polls always show that I win any election that I'm in. But I don't have any real interest in running for office. I'm more interested in supporting people.

The next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world.

Do they think that I am such a damned fool as to think myself fit for President of the United States? No, sir; I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way, but I am not fit to be President.

I am happy for there to be a leadership contest. I think there should be.

It is hard to imagine a choice more stark than the choice between Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican Party, a clear establishment figure, and Stephen Bannon, a leader of the right-wing, the guy - Breitbart News Network, somebody who spent most of the time beating up on the Republican establishment.

I note that [Benazir] Bhutto demonstrates her own deep commitment to democracy by giving herself the title chairperson for life of the Pakistan Peoples Party.

You had a majority of Americans saying that [Donald Trump] would take the country in the right direction or I think he would make real change, real change.

I am aware of the responsibility I am taking on as the chancellor. Things have developed very quickly for me in recent years, but they didn't happen from one day to the next. I have more than six years of experience in government. I took the decision to run as a candidate very seriously. In May, I decided to change the Austrian People's Party and to start a broad-based movement aimed at changing this country for the better.

He that aspires to be the head of a party will find it more difficult to please his friends than to perplex his foes. He must often act from false reasons which are weak, because he dares not avow the true reasons which are strong.

Any [political] party without principles is rudderless and passive.

I think this is a moment where Donald Trump recognized the Republican establishment was much weaker, the party leaders were much weaker than they thought they were in terms of being able to dictate any outcomes.