George R. R. Martin Quotes

If you don't know the difference between dictatorship and leadership then you got to go back to a fifth grade civics class.

It is not good to have a rule of many.

The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.

Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for the good, of the people.

No government, be it the most perfect, can stand without strong executive authority.

A political society cannot endure without a supreme will somewhere.

Many have ruled well who could not perhaps define a Commonwealth.

The form of government is of much less importance than the character of the men who administer it.

The most important thing Spartans must learn is to know how to govern, and to be governed

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.

Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians.

I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.

Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.

If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.

Well, there are other aspects, I still command very good support in the party.

Democracy is a good client.

I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent.

I think 40 is a good age to run a country. But I've always been fast.

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

I have faith in the United States and our ability to make good decisions based on the facts.

Luckily, I'm a governor - so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do.

There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.