I don't want to be president if I have to win by outrage. I don't want to just win. I want to govern, and not just by executive order.
The ruler should make the utmost effort to behave gently and avoid governing harshly.
If Rob Ford decided he wanted to run for the Liberal Party in 2015, we'd say, 'No, sorry, the way you approach things, the way you govern, the way you behave is not suitable to the kind of Liberal team we want to build.'
I'm a conservative, and I'm a compassionate conservative. And I think it's important that Florida continues to move in that direction.
How a candidate runs shapes how a president governs.
Unfortunately, in Russia this "Asian mentality,"still comes to the fore. But at the same time, it is obvious that there is a certain orientation toward the West. In the end, this is a fragile balancing act between the Asian manner of governance and high living standards that are guaranteed through Western technology.
The President, the Administration and the campaign need a theme. I am concerned that the President is seen as a tactician without an overall strategy of his plan for the country.
Clearly [Donald] Trump likes the way business executives and generals think and talk much more than policy professionals.
The shame would be if Democrats get thrown out of office without ever having tried Democratic policies.
Working with President Trump closely and seeing the way he operates as a leader, he's always interested in a broad range of opinions. But make no mistake about it. We want in this administration people that share the president's vision for a safer America. For a stronger America. For a more prosperous America.
I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be.
It would be kind of a tragedy if we got to the end of four years of Democratic rule without having really tried any Democratic policies.
Message and policy are very much a part, you know, two parts of the same coin.
In our current frame of mind, or paradigm, or whatever you want to call it, we like to think that marshalling government policy is the way to get things done.
