Christine Todd Whitman Quotes

Francois Hollande is an intelligent man. I do not have a problem with him. The only thing is, he has never held office at the state level. Honestly, can you imagine Francois Hollande as president of France? Imagine it!

In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.

I read all these stories that I don't know anything about politics. But I must know something. I've had some good victories in Congress, and I've survived this town for four years.

I've been described as a grizzled political veteran.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

To tell the truth, I'm more comfortable now that the amateurs are back in charge [of the White House].

I have never found, in a long experience in politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.

You're going to find that, intellectually, the [governors] as a whole are a cut or two above what they were 10 or 20 years ago.

Failure in the management of practical affairs seems to be a qualification for success in the management of public affairs.

I have covered Pelosi for years, and always wondered how she learned to operate and excel in politics the way she does.

Talent is really important in politics, but experience is also really important.

I think Nancy Pelosi is extremely qualified to be speaker of the House, because she has been speaker of the House. I trust her leadership. I trust her judgment.

I wish a person with a record of competence such as Nitish Kumar would get a chance to lead India.

I am better at politics than I am at anything else.

Governor Granholm had all the right values but didn't have the right background.

I am not a fan of Mitt Romney, but I admit that he is, politically speaking, a good candidate for president. He has no personal baggage. He's as handsome as they come. And he's a talented orator.

Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be political.

And I remember looking at Gray Davis and, you know, Gray is the consummate political operative.

I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president.

First and foremost, when I think of him - I'm prejudiced; I worked for the guy for six and a half years - when I think of him, I think of him first and foremost as an idea politician.

I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.

I have the experience and ability to step in on day one in Washington and start working on the challenging problems facing our country.

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.

Politicians are wither very good at running for office or they are good at running government. Seldom are the two found together.

He has the best political mind of all the generals I have.