Eric Garcetti Quotes

Politics is the art of knowing and leading a multitude ... not where they want to go but where they should go.

Government is not for the short-winded.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

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.

You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.

I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader.

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.

My responsibility as president is to take care to solve the problems we are facing now and to provide a vision and direction for how our nation should advance in the future.

In terms of the principles of politics, I think I understand well. Thailand needs someone who has leadership, who has the management skills to help the country.

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

Obama may be brilliant, but he's not a leader.

To me, governing is communicating. That facilitates the whole job because I can listen, I can hear what people have to say, and at the same time I can let them know what are we working on, what is our strategic line, and where are we going.

The distinction between a statesman and a politician is that the former imposes his will and his ideas on his environment while the latter adopts himself to it.

Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of a good government.

President Obama is permanently ambivalent .

Governing is about making tough decisions, but it's also about figuring out a better way to do things.

Having been a mayor, we prioritized based on where we want our city and our country to go.

The only thing I don't think people don't understand about good leaders is that they're both good and lucky. A lot of it is timing.

Governors have to balance budgets. And they have to make decisions. And they have to do things that sometimes aren't popular. And they also have to bring people together to try to solve problems.

So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

It's my job as governor to set a vision.

As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

I think 40 is a good age to run a country. But I've always been fast.