Artur Davis Quotes

If I wanted a circus ringmaster, I'd hire Trump. If I wanted advice on brain surgery or hospital management, I'd turn to Carson. Fiorina would make an articulate television pundit. But for president?

There is no school that teaches you how to run a state. You make mistakes, but you learn on the job.

Being president isn't anything like reality TV. It's not about sending insulting tweets or making fiery speeches; it's about whether or not the candidate can handle the awesome responsibility of leading this country.

Presidents have to learn how to adapt. Every president comes into the job; it's different than they expect. They must adapt.

I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.

In my opinion governors don't make the best presidents. That's my opinion and it's because they don't have the foreign policy experience and they have to learn on the job.

Mitt Romney, happens to have the exact skill set that the next president's going to require.

When Barack Obama was asked about his lack of executive experience in 2008, he pointed to his successful campaign as proof he could manage the presidency.

When a president doesn't know the policy, it doesn't make for a very effective leader.

Being a former first lady doesn't prepare you to be president.

I believe that Hillary Clinton is one of the best prepared people in our history to enter the Oval Office, with her vision, her knowledge, her experience, her strategic thinking, her connection to the American people.

I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.

As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn't confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Obama and his associates are fantastic campaigners but have little ability or skill to govern.

There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.

I have 15 years of executive experience as a big-city mayor and as a governor.

Gov. Romney is a proven and effective leader with vast experience in the business world, in the non-profit world and in government. And in every capacity in which he has ever served, he has been effective as a leader.

Given Mr. Obama's lack of experience as an executive, and his past performance in crises such as the oil spill, it is reasonable for those of us who support the effort in Afghanistan to worry that he will not be up to the job.

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.

When you're President you have to make a lot of tough decisions. You have to keep lining them up and making them.