Ron Fournier Quotes

I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans.

Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts.

Politics is a game of friends.

I'm not friends with politicians.

Poor Rahul Gandhi doesn't know the ABCD of Karnataka politics.

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson is assistant leader of his party. In four years he is the leader of his party.

In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.

People who know Paul Ryan say, 'He will be president one day.'

Politics means competition, especially in senior positions. If you don't know that, you're not especially suited to politics.

The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.

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

I have good relationships with Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and especially Richard Holbrooke - he is my teacher. I learned a lot of great things from him.

You don’t become a statesman unless you are first a good politician.

Politics are now nothing more than the means of rising in the world.

You don't make new friends in the White House.

Men in political life must be ambitious.

Territorial Governors -- are nothing but politicians who go out to the outskirts of countries and suffer the privations there in order to build up stakes and come back as United States Senators.

In politics if the people give you popularity, the other politicians observe and give you power.

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

The problem is Donald Trump was an outsider to politics. He really didn't have a team of seasoned political veterans around him who had worked together and knew how to work together and get something done.

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

Pence is the very personification of the career politician. With the exception of a few years doing talk radio and television shows, he has done nothing but run for office, winning all but the first two times.

It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships.

Washington is a very complicated city. You have to work the personal relationships. They are politicians, they are congressmen, they are senators, but they are human beings. And for them to get to know you on a personal level really, really makes the difference.

I had dreams of high political office.