National Leader Quotes

Tony Abbott is the Prime Minister of Australia. Tony Abbott will be coming to Victoria on a regular basis.

With some of Mr. Roosevelt's political acts I could never possibly agree. But I knew him solely in his capacity as leader of a nation at war -- and in that capacity he seemed to me to fulfill all that could possibly be expected of him.

Even in Poland, where the president is far less powerful than the prime minister, people have a deeper and more atavistic relationship with the person who is a serious contender to become head of state. They want their national leader - the tribal chief - to look like them, to live like them, to reflect their values.

I'm George Bush. I'm the president.

The President is the CEO of this business that we call America.

To save and keep our country secure, we need a Prime Minister like Modiji.

The president is the government.

Presidents are not only the country's principal policy chief, shaping the nation's domestic and foreign agendas, but also the most visible example of our values.

Normally, what happens when we have a national leader who wants to do something in terms of military intervention, he tells the Pentagon, put together some options to accomplish goal.

My childhood dream was to be prime minister.

Father of the Country [Pater Patriae]

[Describing the presidency:] ... the organ of the will of the nation ... elective kingship.

He is my President …. When the President asks you to do something, you say yes.

After Trump, how can we credibly say that our process for choosing a national leader yields the best possible result, or even someone capable of uniting the country, let alone running it?

I do believe it is true that the people of India regard the prime minister as the most important political leader.

As for the job of prime minister, I like it, yes. But no more than I've liked other work that I've done as an adult.

I am not a national leader. If I am a national leader I can speak out all that I want.

My name is Mart Laar. I have been twice Prime Minister of Estonia, and I'm not an economist.

Everybody's talking about the President, we all chipped in for a bag of cement.

It was a tough choice [of PM]. I voted for a Scotsman.

You cannot compare any leaders in our country to what Vladimir Putin has done.

I respect Rush Limbaugh; he is a national conservative leader, and in no way do I want to diminish his voice.

Margaret Thatcher was a great leader for her nation at a pivotal and a perilous time. So, I find the comparison flattering, but that's up to others to say whether that comparison is justified.

Obama is for the 300 million souls of the United States what Andreas Lubitz was for the 150 souls of the Germanwings flight.

I am called repeatedly and insidiously prime and sole minister.