Sheldon Whitehouse Quotes

The campaign is over. It's time for the work of governing to begin.

Governing is about selecting.

There is a paradox in politics that what it takes to get elected is not necessarily what it takes to govern, and my feeling is that trying to control things too much feels icky to me.

President Obama makes fantastic stump speeches, but putting together an actual agenda is more complicated.

Government is about priorities.

There's a very big difference between campaigning and governing.

Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.

I think it is important for readers to know that it is possible to bring intellectualism and idealism to the White House and still be political enough to advance an agenda.

I miss being governor.

Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts.

My fate is to be President of the Republic - or leader of the opposition.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

Politics doesn't matter, policy does.

My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount of compromise.

Go back to your constituencies and prepare for government.

A politician rises on the backs of his friends ... but it is through his enemies he will have to govern afterwards.

Presidents ... become hermits only at their peril. Running the executive branch is now a team sport. It is operated best by politicians who thrive on command, possess a fine and sure touch for the levers of power and enjoy the company of those who serve them.

To govern is to chose.

We live in a world of competing sorrows ... to govern is to choose.

Choose the politics of principle over the politics of personality.

[Campaign] Promises forecast governance.

You might be considering elected office because you are angry with those in power. Indignation can be a motivator to run but not to govern. If you win you'll need more than anger to govern.

I actually think you should run for president if you're going to be president, if you want to be president. I'm not running for president. I made that decision, consciously, not to.