Luciana Berger Quotes

It is never a perfect time or a right time to step aside. But for me, this is the time. I want to share with you my decision that I will not be a candidate for any office in November of 2014.

A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.

I have decided to quit as I.P.L. Chairman. It is a decision which I was pondering over for some time.

As mayor, I'm in the frying pan. I'm just sitting here on the griddle now, and I've got to really think, you know, do I want to stay here on the griddle?

Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it's time for you to get out of the way.

For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.

I have no intention of running for office again.

There is a democratic process in the party, and that can be operated at any time. But am I going to resign? No. Of course not. No. No. I will carry on.

The politicians of New York have everything that is necessary to make proper decisions and they will have to live with what happens afterwards. The worst scenario is the politicians covering their eyes and turning it over to the FBI.

Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets.

I was thinking of resigning since I did not want to be perceived as a man who did the president's bidding to save my job. I have had some time to think about it since. I think I did the right thing.

When do you know it's time to say, 'OK, that's it?' That is the most difficult part of any decision like that because you don't want to throw the 'R' word out there. I've mentioned it a couple times, but not in the sense that I'm doing it. That word is very fragile. We'll see.

You never want to be the director who dropped the ball, you know?

Could I have walked out then? If I had, Terry wouldn't have accepted the job.

No, I did not offer to resign for a second.

It is easy to criticize, particularly in a political season. But to lead is something altogether different. The leader must live in the real world of the price that might be paid for the goal that has been set.

If officials on the spot commit in good faith an error of judgment, which is worse—to support them or to throw them over?

I have no intention whatever of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do.

Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so.

I'm not running again. I will say this: It was a great experience. I loved it.

Nobody likes to make a hard decision, because you're running every two years.

When you're in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There's also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.

I've stood down as UKIP leader. I'm not responsible for these people anymore.

My role in Palin is something that there's not a day that has gone by that I don't have regret about.