Ashwin Sanghi Quotes

Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by its dictates, accounting himself as but their servant.

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

For you will seem either not to esteem government worth much, or to think few worthy to hold it.

The measure of the state's success is that the word anarchy frightens people, while the word state does not.

If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.

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

I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent.

There are a lot of personal things that take place when becoming governor and I am happy to work with him should he ask. I will give him the best advice I can give.

It's easier to run for office than to run the office.

It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.

Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.

Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington.

Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you.

Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.

My plan is to govern as long as I can.

If you lose, you can't lead. If you don't lead, you're irrelevant. Winning is what it's all about in politics.

We need a firm hand in Germany.

A political society cannot endure without a supreme will somewhere.

It is better to be subject to the Laws under one Master, than to be subservient to many.

One must be stark mad, to believe that mankind can subsist without magistrates.

There is a substantial difference between the President being able to wave to the crowd from a hospital window and being able to govern.

A politician rises on the backs of his friends ... but it is through his enemies he will have to govern afterwards.

A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed. But there are different degrees of obedience, and it is not every degree that is commendable. Only an unmitigated despotism demands that the individual citizen shall obey unconditionally every mandate of persons in authority.