Tacitus Quotes

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

Vice presidents are supposed to be eternally loyal, which is why it is so difficult for some to figure out how to succeed their bosses.

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.

The tyrant is always stirring up some war or another, in order that the people may require a leader.

People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.

Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.

The foremost art of Kings is the power to endure hatred.

when greed and fear are linked to power, you have a dangerous mix. We see that in political life. In part of the world, the mix of greed and fear means that those who get power become reluctant to give it back. One of the many things I like and admire in our democracies are the norms that make our leaders hand over power when voters tell them to

I hope that soon after the next election, amongst them they will have decided, settled, and the leader will be ready to take over from me.

Politics abhors a vacuum.

I think we're ready for succession. We just must try to do it right.

It takes time, but I have a promising team of younger Ministers, and I am quite sure from amongst them, one leader will emerge.

If Advaniji did not want, I would never have been Prime Minister.

I know I should not be a hindrance to SoftBank's future growth and that I need to pass on the baton to the younger generation.

There's nothing to fear. I'm not a dictator.

Mr. Putin presents himself as a czar - and like any czar, he fears revolution above all else.

I think that Netanyahu is a bit intimidated of and afraid of President Trump.

Paul Ryan's in for Paul Ryan.

If Trump becomes president, he wouldn't be afraid to step on toes. And he'll be feared by the world.

I don't believe in the coach-in-waiting thing. I don't think that works.

Politics, to Ariel Sharon, was like a Ferris wheel. But he didn't make do with just staying on the wheel; he did all he could to climb to the top and stay there.

I will continue to help run my father's company.

I think what happens is when you have fear, fear translates into hatred.

They say that truth is the first casualty of war. But there is another casualty as well: trust. As conflict escalates, trust between people and political leaders crumbles away as surely as night follows day.

You can try, but you seem cleverer than Fudge, so I'd have thought you'd have learned from his mistakes. He tried intervening at Hogwarts. You might have noticed he's not Minister anymore, but Dumbledore's still headmaster. I'd leave Dumbledore alone, if I were you.