Wendy Davis Quotes

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

You need the commitment of people that aren't worried about that next election, who are going to do the right thing and worry about the next generation. It's called political courage. And I can tell you, with me, you don't have to ask whether I have political courage.

I think you need people of principle, of character, that are leaders, that take stands on important tough issues that will affect the future of this country.

We need leadership, and we need it now.

I am not concerned about getting reelected. I can make the unpopular but necessary decision. Your focus from day one is on your legacy rather than political considerations.

Men who have greatness within them don't go into politics.

Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision.

Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.

President Obama has a strong record of doing what is best for America and Florida, and he built it by spending more time worrying about what his decisions would mean for the people than for his political fortunes.

In politics, guts is all.

Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.

Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel.

We need an honest politician in charge who doesn't care whether they are re-elected and is prepared to make the unpopular decisions.

It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

At the end the day because I believe so strongly in leadership, what I look for first, what I try to assess, is integrity.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

When you are in politics, and you are a genuine person who genuinely cares, then everything comes second.

I know that millions of Americans from all walks of life agree with me that leadership does not mean putting the ear to the ground to follow public opinion, but to have the vision of what is necessary and the courage to make it possible.

That's the true meaning of being a leader: being able to deal with the consequences and take the responsibility for it. That's who I want to be.

If President Trump wants to actually prove he's a strong leader, he could start by championing American ideals even when they don't suit him personally.

I'm not a politician. My conscience has brought me before you. Give me a chance to serve you.

Being a role model means you can stand up and fight for things.