Political Inspiration Quotes

Inspiration is an underexamined part of political life and presidential leadership.

When I get close to an election, I look to 'Lamar Alexander's Little Plaid Book' for inspiration.

I had my serious side - I idolized Bobby Kennedy; he was my role model. But so was Jerry Lewis.

Remember, many Republicans didn't vote for Mitt Romney. He didn't inspire people.

I would've loved Jack Kennedy. I would've loved to have campaigned for him and supported him. I wish there were more like him today.

Ronald Reagan makes me proud to be an American. His intelligence, capability, and Christian brotherhood are so inspiring and his way of leadership is just superb. I consider myself lucky to have been his leading lady in "The Bad Man" and a short subject reel and as a nation all together we are beyond fortunate to have the leadership of such fine people as the Reagan's.

I started thinking about getting into politics when David Cameron became leader.

I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan.

When Bill Clinton ran in '92, and I listened to him, and I had of course known of his record from Arkansas, I found him extraordinarily inspirational, and I voted Democratic.

It's very hard to like politicians enough to write short stories about them.

One of my biggest inspirations is President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Yea, President Hugo.

My particular passion for Lincoln dates back from my earliest memories of politics.

'Don Quixote' is a very political book that has been used by diplomats, politicians, guerrilla fighters, to inspire people, to convince them that they themselves can become quixotic. George Washington had a copy of the book on his desk when signing the U.S. Constitution.

Bill Clinton told me that when he was 14, he shook John Kennedy's hand, and that inspired him to be president.

I am, as many people are, inspired by Jack Layton's legacy and the way that he approached politics.

Politicians should inspire you to vote, they should appeal to people.

Ronald Reagan and Ron Paul had a message that was clear, it was principled, and it inspired. It was a vision for a future.

House Speaker Paul Ryan has actually started using a phrase lately - 'Raise our gaze.' He's exactly right, too. That's what I'd like to see in a presidential candidate. I don't like the bricks being thrown back and forth. That's not inspiring to me and to most of our electorate, I think.

If Colin Powell was president, I'd follow him. I wanna get into politics. That's the way for us to overcome a lot of our obstacles.

In a way I almost feel like the election of Donald Trump has inspired Democrats and progressives and punk rockers in a way that hasn't been seen since Vietnam.

Bernie Sanders has inspired millions of people in this country.

I was very inspired by the videos of the crowds at the Palin rallies.

Today I have lost one of my dearest friends, England one of her greatest men. Keith Joseph understood that it was necessary to win again the intellectual argument for freedom, and that to do this we must start from first principles. He was in many ways an unlikely revolutionary. For all his towering intellect, he was deeply humble. He spoke out boldly, however hostile the audience. Yet he hated to give offence. Above all, his integrity shone out in everything he said and did. His best memorial lies in the younger generations of politicians whom he inspired. But for me he is irreplaceable.

I was very much inspired by the things that I'd seen and done in politics, but I was also desperate for a complete departure from the reality of my political experience. 'It's Classified' and my previous book 'Eighteen Acres' are both works of fiction, but if they do seem realistic, it's by design.

We who hold his (Wolfe Tone) principles believe that any movement which would successfully grapple with the problem of national freedom must draw its inspiration not from the mouldering records of the past, but from the glowing hopes of the living present, the vast possibilities of the mighty future.