Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes

Running the country is like running one big business.

To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.

Running a country is much more difficult than running a campaign.

Government is about priorities.

That's a large part of the job as governor: to create and maintain the optimal balance.

Government should steer, not row.

Politics is the science of urgencies.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

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

Any cook should be able to run the country.

There is no school that teaches you how to run a state. You make mistakes, but you learn on the job.

Government is about hard choices.

What is politics but business?

[Describing her role:] It's like running a big corporation and a little country at the same time.

Good organization does not necessarily mean it will produce good policy. But bad organization will almost never produce good policy.

Government has much wider dimensions than merely managing an economy.

Beyond going around doing things as Secretary of State, you have to recognize that you had managerial responsibilities.

In our government we drive decisions either by leadership of by crises. If the leadership is not there, we rely on crises.

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

To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

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.

Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers.

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education.

I'm convinced the question of development is mainly an issue of governance and leadership.