Christine Lagarde Quotes

Promise little and do much.

There are two kinds of politicians, those who talk and promise and those who listen and do.

Citizens are refined, cultivated, and very political. I believe in the legitimacy of their participation.

I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

I think politicians do great things in the world, but I don't think they're the only ones who can. I don't like all the rhetoric and the finger pointing.

Anyone who seeks to be involved in politics should join hands with America.

All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

I haven't been very active in politics.

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody.

I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think.

I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.

I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be politicians.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

Be not surprised that I am turned politician. The whole town is immersed in politics.

You never say what you're not going to do.

It's tough on somebody who is a elected official to talk sense about crime

I still believe with Adlai Stevenson that you can win elections by talking sense to the American people.

Do after election as before election you said you would.

Political involvement is more than a game.

I think there’s more of a tendency now than in the past to avoid discussion of serious problems. It has a pernicious effect on our politics and on governing, because to govern, you need a mandate. And you don’t get a mandate if you don’t say what you’re going to do.

Sometime between elections we should concentrate on doing something.

From my experience with 5 presidential elections, candidates sometimes say things when campaigning that they don't necessacerily do when they are governing.

Being a politician, I know how motivating it can be when the public is outraged.