Lawrence Eagleburger Quotes

Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.

We don't need more of the same, typical politicians fighting for themselves and for special interests. We need someone to believe in our small-business owners again and someone to champion those folks who play by the rules.

I don't believe that the American dream should be reserved for those who are born into the elite or somehow have been given an advantage over others. My growing-up experience is probably the most important thing that guides my priorities and my work today.

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

I stand for the square deal.... I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the game, but I stand for having those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunity and reward.

Those who desire the good of all begin by the abolition of special privilege.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions — it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

We believe in a government that trusts people and doesn't limit where you finish because of where you started.

I don't want advantages for my team. I want the same rest as our opponents. It's very difficult to do this? I don't think so.

More than 60 percent of small businesses face payment delays. That can cause a serious cash flow crisis. So, as president, I will explore new ways to arm small businesses with the tools to fight back and level the playing field.

We must formulate policies to allow everyone to have the same opportunities in life and fix our broken society too.

Football, like no other sport, creates a sense of unity, equality, and inclusion. All of these are at the heart of my vision for a changing Gabon.

Change has to be fundamental to a company's culture, or there is no way it can survive.

You come on my course and enter my world - I don't care who you are or where you're from - you're a number until you prove yourself otherwise.

It's well proven that if you have equality in society, society flourishes, and if you have inequality, it doesn't. So it's good for everybody.

The status quo is never happy when things become a meritocracy.

Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.

I think if we could just level the playing field in life as much as possible, then we'd all be in a much better place.

Everyone deserves the opportunity to fight for the part they want.

I hate when people say, 'Well, this is unfair for the underdog.' Well, the underdog should try harder.

We don't have to accept an economy that doesn't work just because some people have got rich in the status quo. That is not democracy.

I want Britain to be that kind of opportunity society where the Government is your friend, working with you, enabling rather than holding you back, intentionally or not.

Ninety-eight percent of all American companies have fewer than 100 employees. Over half of all Americans work for a small business. Small businesses are the backbone of our nation’s economy and we must protect this great resource.....Helping American small business is part of our movement for change and the end of politics as usual.

I don't think the world works on merit.

I think that part of my optimism comes from the belief that we as a people could actually, regardless of all the disadvantage of the past, regardless of the fact that a lot of other folks got a head start in the race, if we were able to make the race fair right now.