Evan Bayh Quotes

While loyalists and defectors overall said John Smith did a better job of standing up for Labour's values, they put Blair ahead on representing the whole country, appealing beyond traditional Labour voters and offering strong, competent leadership; switchers to the Tories gave him a clear lead in all categories.

The right kind of leader for the Labour party is a desiccated calculating machine.

You talk about the values that you have whether they're in favor or not in favor. That's how you lead. The reality is, we're losing more and more elections.

The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now.

The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.

If the Democratic Party is to win in November, it will have to fly with both its wings—the liberal and the conservative.

Party leaders must have not only the confidence of the party, but the confidence of the people.

When you are not running for office, the people in the party listen to you more.

The question for politicians here is fundamental: You can read the polls, or you can change the polls. Stand up on the things you believe in.

I joined a Republican Party that was used to losing, used to being browbeaten by the Democrats. I represent a totally different style.

I thank Secretary Clinton and her team for recommending me to serve as the permanent chair of the 2016 Democratic National Convention. It is an honor for me and the people of Ohio. I am happy to serve and look forward to a great convention and our ongoing efforts as we work together for a strong party and a successful election.

We need a principled leader who will unite our party by respecting all conservatives. A leader who can show more urban and suburban Canadians that their values of liberty, family and equality are at the core of our party.

When I first started campaigning to become an MP in 2004, we were suffering as a party because our hierarchy and leadership were totally detached from the party's membership.

Republicans need to unite to succeed.

We've shown Canadians that, when we have a strong message and when we stick to our principles, Conservatives can win anywhere.

I'm an intellectual Thatcherite, just as I was an intellectual Powellite, and I think it important that the Conservative party should be in good hands and that it should win elections.

Nothing against Bob Dole but it's a different era now. They have no idea what we are facing. They act like this is just another day at the office. And maybe in a couple years Republicans will get the power back and then we'll go back and be convivial and all get along and so forth. This has to be stopped. Millions of Americans feel this way. They don't have faith in our principles. They don't have the will or energy to go on offense. I'm talking about the Republican leadership, wherever you find it.

The next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world.

The politician has no more use for pride than Falstaff had for honour.

As conservatives, as Republicans, we keep winning elections. We got a Republican House, we've got a Republican Senate, and we don't have leaders who honor their commitments. I will always tell the truth and do what I said I would do.

The public will not forgive us if their wish to leave is subject to a bitter and a divisive Conservative Party leadership race between Remain and Leave camps.

No man has come so near our definition of a constitutional statesman - the powers of a first-rate man and the creed of a second-rate man.

I think that's why we see this mixed reaction - Republican congressional leaders like Paul Ryan speaking out very firmly, but Republican candidates not as much, with the exception of the candidates in the single digits like Jeb Bush or Lindsey Graham, who said how to make America great again tell - Donald Trump to go to hell.

I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values.