Yoweri Museveni Quotes

Governing is about selecting.

You must see the persons who are in charge - persons you can punish or vote for.

To govern is to chose.

Georgians have made their decision, and now it's my job to keep our state moving forward.

To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.

Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk.

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

Luckily, I'm a governor - so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Being a cabinet minister is not like running a company. A country is not a company.

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.

Governments propose, and oppositions dispose.

Elections alone will never be enough to ensure good governance.

Good government

Leadership is important in politics.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

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

Democracy is not theater - it determines life and death!

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

I love politics.