Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes

I've never covered the president in any way other than that he is ultimately responsible.

Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.

The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people.

I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.

The president of the United States is a commander-in-chief, and the president of the United States, you know, executes the laws and tries to motivate the American public to make changes that are necessary. It's not necessarily a CEO type of position.

If I were the president, I would be very concerned... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed.

The presidency is not an office job.

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

I have not had the cabinet here for 6 weeks. I can run the government better without them.

Presidents ought to get the appointments they want for the cabinet and then be responsible for them.

I am well aware of what three past presidents have said, but that will not be worth five cents if the people and the Congress do not support their president now.”

The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war and most prone to it.

The powers conferred by the Constitution upon the Executive enable him to shape the foreign policy of this nation almost independent of the Legislature. A scheming and unscrupulous President can involve the country in serious complications, commit it to an unwise policy, or at least render its foreign diplomacy ridiculous before Congress may have an opportunity to check him.

there is often an imbalance between the prerogatives of the executive branch and the capacity of a parliament to truly exercise its regulatory powers over public spending and the budget.

The great problem is how to discharge presidents who have outlived their usefulness to the country

Well, what the hell is the Presidency for?

Making the bureaucracy accountable to the President in any comprehensive and enduring way is impossible. Making it alert to his preferences is possible in those cases where Presidents put loyal and competent subordinates in charge of making decisions.

Is the role of the prime minister to cultivate political leadership in Israel? My answer is yes.

To say that I'm going to veto something that I haven't read is just - or sign something that I haven't read - I don't think is good policy for any chief executive.

As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.

There is an important role for a United States senator as a check and balance on the president of the United States.

John Bolton doesn't get to decide policy. The president does.

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.

That’s what you do when you are Governor. You don’t necessarily agree with every law you are called upon to enforce.

More than any other U. S. President, Theodore Roosevelt permanently transformed the position of Chief Executive…. What had been largely an administrative position subordinate in many ways to Congress, grew into the locus of policy making and the office everyone looked to for leadership on issues large and small.