Lee Zeldin Quotes

You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough.

There is simply no way we are going to make progress on the enormous challenges we face without making hard choices. It's impossible.

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

As a leader, you get a pat on the back when you make a hard choice.

It's hard to be a leader when you have to make hard choices and when you have to do what's right, even though people are not going to like you for it.

We get what we deserve. They are our elected officials.

As a general, and as a leader of this team, whatever I've got to do get my guys going I'll do it every time. If I have to be the bad guy sometime, I'll guess I'll take that. That's what a leader and a general and a chief of police does. Everybody is not going to like it, but I don't care if they like or not. I'm Bush, so if they don't like it resign.

I am very clear with people that I am willing and able to make tough choices, and I will do that.

As captain, you take a little bit more on board than probably just being a player.

I try to make the right decisions.

I'm aware of the fact that people that are watching to see what I do next - It's challenging to make the best decisions, and I don't always get it right.

I just want to faithfully represent the public that voted for me and diligently work for all the people in Israel. If I can do that, I don't care what anyone says about me.

You are not electing your parliamentarian or your MP to the corridors of power. You are electing them to the corridors of responsibility.

I took on pension reform, health care reform, and leave reform - all of those tough issues that so many elected officials prefer to kick down the road to the next generation. But that's not who I am. I am not persuaded by what is politically popular but what is best for the citizens of Baltimore.

Being the front guy is a hard job.

For better or worse, when I was director of public prosecutions I had to deal with every challenge that came up, and come up with an answer. Being in opposition, you're not taking the decisions; you're saying what you would do if you were in power, and that's deeply frustrating.

You have a responsibility as a locally elected deputy, but you also have a responsibility as the head of government.

Being the leader means you have to make life or death decisions sometimes.

Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.

Let me be the one To do what is done.

A leader can give up anything - except final responsibility.

Modern politics has become little more than shirking responsibility and blaming somebody else.

Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.

I think it's one thing to be part of a very important group called the Senate of the United States and cast a vote. You're one of 100. I think it says even more to be a governor, where you ultimately have that political responsibility and accountability to succeed.

When we say that leadership is a choice, it basically means you can choose the level of initiative you want to exercise in response to the question, ‘What is the best I can do under the given circumstances?’