Margaret Thatcher Quotes

A failure to act is a terrible, stunning legacy for any leader. But far worse when it is the president of the United States. And that's the point driven home by Romney's selection of Ryan, who dared to lead when Obama did not.

If you lose, you can't lead. If you don't lead, you're irrelevant. Winning is what it's all about in politics.

Speaker Boehner is doing a great job.

Who is going to take business advice from Paul Ryan? Who? Nobody. Nobody.

Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance.

I think it's time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing.

Putin is a better leader than Obama, because Obama's not a leader, so he's certainly doing a better job than Obama is, and that's all.

Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.

To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog.

[George W. Bush] has balls. And he's a leader. Unfortunately his balls and leadership are in the service of shitty ideas. We need his balls on someone who thinks right.

I don't know a lot about politics but I have great trust in him as leader.

It is easier for a man to be thought fit for an employment that he has not, than for one he stands already possessed of, and is exercising.

Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.

Barack Obama's failed us. But look, it's understandable. A lot of people fail at their first job.

By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.

I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris [Johnson] cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.

She [Theresa May] is the right choice to lead Britain in a challenging period and will make a truly outstanding prime minister.

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

There is only one kind of discipline, and that is the perfect discipline. As a leader, you must enforce and maintain that discipline; otherwise, you will fail at your job.

Marco [Rubio] is a gifted politician. He is incredibly gifted. And he needs to be able to do his job. He's going to be a great candidate [for presidency], for sure. But I think - he's a United States senator. He ought to show up.

Leadership is more important than people's political career at times.

Prime ministers require the hide of a rhinoceros, the morals of St. Francis, the patience of Job, the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the leadership of Napoleon, the magnetism of a Beatle and the subtlety of Machiavelli.

A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them.

I happen to believe that if we want to replace a lifetime politician like Barack Obama, who had no experience leading anything... We've got to nominate a leader if we're going to replace someone who is not a leader.

Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.