Lee H. Hamilton Quotes

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

It's absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.

The power to investigate is a great public trust.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

Each age must … contend anew with the question of power and accountability.

If you cannot trust our leaders, you cannot govern.

The person who manages the state is me.

Power must be held accountable. If it is not held accountable, it will wreak havoc on all why try to hold it accountable. Global power must be held accountable globally.

Power should be a check to power.

Lack of accountability in any decision making structure is not tolerable.

The best system is the most accountable and transparent system

We should understand the source of our authority and something of the keys that control its power.

One thing that we've invested a lot of in, that we all live by, is the power of the commissioner.

If there is not competent Opposition, the government that comes to power won't have anyone to hold them accountable.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Surveillance of power is one of the most important ways to ensure that power does not abuse its status. But, of course, power does not like to be watched.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or their responsible agents - a maxim not less true in private than in public affairs.

At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.