Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Quotes

Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure.

I am not helpless. Any timid minister will not go forward... I have come here to strive hard for the sake of the country, to work for the country. If anybody thinks that decision making process in the oil sector will be prevented, they are totally wrong.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

Strong men have sound ideas and the force to make these ideas effective.

We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.

I had learned from LBJ that courage is as important as tenacity if you are to get anything done in government.

You are the President. You tell them to go to hell.

The important thing is the boldness of the President. He will lead opinion and not follow it. He does not want war but will not shrink from it.

Great presidents don't just fight good fights - they win them.

Obama really is a warrior in chief. He's not afraid to get the job done.

Politicians are strong to the extent that they are ready to take serious decisions and fight for it.

President Bush has proven he'll take a stand and fight for his programs and initiatives. It's the kind of leadership that makes things happen.

The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president. Obama has that voice. It has to be used.

The president is here, strong and firm as a monkey's tail.

I'm equally comfortable in getting out there and taking a stand when I have to take a stand.

You cannot be the leader of the free world and sit on the sidelines and tweet and think you're going to get the job done.

Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about.

Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource.

We need intelligence in this country. We need a certain toughness in this country, or we're going to end up like a lot of the other places, and we're not going to have a country left.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.

President Bush has shown great leadership. He has said that the 21st century will not be ruled or dictated by terrorists, dictators, and murderers. He is absolutely right. God bless him for his resolve.

Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel.

If I had been in President Obama's shoes, I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS.

Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.