Leadership Criticism Quotes

When I first came into the side as captain, I was accused of being quite conservative, quite negative, and just doing what Andrew Strauss did.

I have great respect for the people in intelligence and CIA. I don't have a lot of respect for in particular one of the leaders. But that's OK. But I have a lot of respect for the people in the CIA.

I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool!

When I hear Donald Trump say the American military is a disaster, I want to go through the screen and shake the guy. We ought to have a commander in chief who talks about our troops with respect and gratitude.

Saddam was a bad guy. Assad's a bad guy. Nobody's denying that.

The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.

You have the charisma of a damp rag, and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk. And the question that I want to ask, [...] that we're all going to ask, is "Who are you ?". I'd never heard of you. Nobody in Europe had ever heard of you. I would like to ask you, President, who voted for you, and what mechanism… Sir, you have no legitimacy in this job at all, and I can say with confidence that I speak on behalf of the majority of British people in saying: we don't know you, we don't want you, and the sooner you're put out to grass, the better

Donald Trump has no credibility to criticize me or my record or anything that I have done. If he had spent a minute in the deserts of Afghanistan or in the deserts of Iraq, I might listen to what he has to say.

In the end leaders are leaders. They get the credit and they get the blame.

We are tired of Obama's empty speeches and his misguided rhetoric.

If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to he President.

President Obama can find time to meet with a YouTube personality who eats cereal out of a bathtub, but not the prime minister of our ally Israel?

We have had eight years of consistent and persistent attacks on those four years in government - and on me, personally, but that does not matter - by people who were collectively responsible for those four years.

Leadership means that the person in charge gets second guessed by every little twit with a mouth.

We leaders are criticized for a lot of things. It's always true after a band gets up there and is recognized by the public.

You cannot compare me to somebody who makes apologies for Hitler. And I don't think Putin is comparable.

The enemy is not me. The enemy is Barack Obama.

As far as DSA is concerned, I'm perfectly happy to be associated with it while disagreeing with a large part of the leadership.

Those who warned that Gorbachev was being put under too much pressure were wrong.

Any party that would put Sarah Palin up on a pedestal will never have my support.

A president can be unpopular for good reasons. You know, I'm not always on the side that the people are right, for God's sake. But, you know, he's not popular when he goes overseas. He couldn't go to Rosa Parks' funeral.

We all know how management works. If you don't win things, as has happened before, people start to call for your head.

People point fingers at the leader. That happens in every sport.

Now, Hillary's [Clinton] more than that, she's an actual - she could be a crime boss.