George W. Bush Quotes

In this job, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to love them, some people are going to hate them. It's just part of the job.

You've got to do what's right, or what you think is right. And you've got to make tough decisions. And you've got to be willing to take on your friends when you disagree with them.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.

I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions.

When politicians try to govern by raising a wet finger to the wind or on the basis of public opinion polling, the public gets to think that all leaders are interchangeable.

Our expectations of our leaders are too high—in what they can do to effect our day-to-day lives.

Public confidence should govern political appointments.

The success of an elected official is doing what everyone knows needs to be done.

Governing is about making tough decisions, but it's also about figuring out a better way to do things.

There's this intense media spotlight; there's a need to be transparent, and, 'Oh, by the way, I'm also trying to fight a war at the same time.' It's a challenge, but it goes with the job.

Who knows controversies better than me? The controversies always chase people who are active and decision makers.

There is a paradox in politics that what it takes to get elected is not necessarily what it takes to govern, and my feeling is that trying to control things too much feels icky to me.

When it comes to making tough decisions, I'm ready to make them.

Making tough decisions that may make someone unhappy is something to get good at doing.

Taking power is fine. But what do you do when you are in power?

You have to make some hard decisions when you're speaker.

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

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.