Gretchen Whitmer Quotes

In an age when stagecraft, gauzy themes, and sound-bites have too often been substituted for leadership, Bill Clinton as a candidate made it essential to campaigning to take the specifics of governance seriously. Practical solutions were 'in;' ideology was 'out.'

I don't care how great your ideas are or how well you can articulate them, people must like you before they will vote for you.

Pretty damn good speech. Now if all you had to do to run for and be president was talk, Adlai'd be the best. But it ain't.

The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan.

I have said from the beginning, I would spend what it would take for the people of Connecticut to know who I am and what I stand for.

It is clear from the reaction to our campaign so far that our message is resonating. I look forward to continuing to take this message to all Americans, and showing them that I can be as successful running the country as I was running the state of New Mexico.

I'm saying there is no way that I will do this, because it's really not me. I know my strengths, and governor Romney needs to find someone who wants to run with him. There are many people who will do it very, very well, and I'll support the ticket.

It's going to be hard for someone like me to run for president.

Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.

I'm a huge fan of a Hillary Clinton candidacy. I think Hillary will be an incredibly strong candidate, and hopefully it will inspire my party to put up someone great.

Good managers have a bias for action.

You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision.

I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage.

In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.

A candidate has to reach people's heads and reach their hearts.

This election is not about ideology. It's about competence.

I do not allow myself to suppose that either the [Republican] convention or the League have concluded to decide that I am either the greatest of the best man in America, but rather they have concluded it is not best to swap horses while crossing the river, and have further concluded that I am not so poor a horse that they might not make a botch of it in trying to swap.

You might be considering elected office because you are angry with those in power. Indignation can be a motivator to run but not to govern. If you win you'll need more than anger to govern.

We always want our leaders to be great leaders.

The most important questions for anybody thinking of running for president are not 'Will you run and can you win?' There is, 'What is your vision for America? And can you lead us there?'

I believe that if you want to be president of the United States, you run for president. You don't run for president with some eject button in the cockpit that allows you to go on an exit ramp if it doesn't work out.

Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.

It's important for whoever is governor to be somebody with a breadth of experience in life, in business, and in service.

Look, would I think my dad would make a great president in 2016 and going forward? Of course.

I see The Rock running in 2020 and being a two-term president. I think he would be great, and I'm joking when I say I think Stephanie McMahon wouldn't be a fine president of the United States. I think she's got the leadership qualities. I see those two as potential candidates, and I see Kane as a congressional leader.