Andy Coulson Quotes

Senator Tester is wise enough to make sure his voice is heard in a positive manner to get things done.

The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.

Why did you send that fool with the umbrella to talk to Hitler?. Why didn't you send a man?

In campaigning, you want to slay your opponent. In governing, you want to make love to your opponent.

No man can be a politician except he be first a historian.

In the art of governing you have to almost make love to your opponents and say “No” to some of your fiercest supporters. In campaigning it’s the exact opposite.

To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

Politics is a messy business, but campaigning prepares you for governing. It prepares you to get hit, stand strong, and, if necessary, hit back.

It is often remarked that I am very close to Mr. Modi. But when it comes to issues of national importance, I've never indulged in politics or considered whether the Prime Minister is from the opposition.

Leadership is important in politics.

I want to become prime minister.

Prime Minister Abe's top-level relation-building is tremendous. I can't do the same.

No 10 is the job I want: in the middle of things, moving the ball forward.

Bill Clinton, who, to his credit, has established a clear and consistent foreign policy, which is as follows: Whenever the president of the United States gets anywhere near any foreign head of state, living or dead, he gives that leader a big old hug. This has proven to be an effective way to get foreign leaders to do what we want: Many heads of state are willing to sign any random document that President Clinton thrusts in front of them, without reading it, just so he will stop embracing them.

War is like government, a matter of tact.

The director can be a dictator, but it's not wise to be. You have to choose the days to be a dictator and the days to deal with diplomacy and democracy. Every great leader should know that, even a dictator. Tyrants get overthrown.

My approach to politics is very serious. It must be handled by great people with extraordinary skills and human qualities. I feel I don't have qualities of that sort.

I wrote "Win" for people on both sides, legitimately on both sides. If you're a Democrat listening to this right now, you - the whole playbook is in this book. If you're a Republican, and you're frustrated because Barack Obama is a great communicator, the playbook is in this book. And if you're a corporation who wants to satisfy his - their employees, how to do it is in this book. And finally, if you're an employee and you want to get a raise, whether at NPR or anyplace else, it's in this book.

A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant to give.

It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.

When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.'