Political Vision Quotes

A politician thinks of the next election; the statesman thinks of the next generation

In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change.

The vision Donald Trump has articulated to Make America Great Again means a stronger America at home and abroad.

I have tremendous faith in President Obama's skills. He's a long-term visionary.

I endorsed Governor John Kasich for President because I felt like he was the most qualified and the best person to lead our nation.

Barack Obama has brought glamour back to American politics - not the faux glamour-by-association of campaigning with movie stars or sailing with the Kennedys, but the real thing. The candidate himself is glamorous. Audiences project onto him the personal qualities and political positions they want in a president.

Kennedy saw the presidency as the vital center of government, and a president's primary goal as galvanizing commitments to constructive change. He aimed to move the country and the world toward a more peaceful future, not just through legislation but through inspiration.

When people say all politicians are the same, ask yourself if Obama was the same as Bush, if Francois Hollande is the same as Sarkozy. They are not. They are human beings with different views and different visions for the world.

Our program is simple: we wish to govern Italy. They ask us for programs but there are already too many. It is not programs that are wanting for the salvation of Italy but men and will power.

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

I'd like to be the next president of the United States to support and help this great nation and to make sure that we all together remain America as the hope of the earth.

When I launched my first campaign in 1999, I knew that the arc of my public service would have many chapters.

Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation.

Well, I don't think any of the Republicans have expressed any interest in supporting the vision of Robert Kennedy at all. At least I haven't seen that.

The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of America on the world stage.

It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less true that, without hard practical sense, they shall also die. Without Jefferson the new nation might have lost its soul. Without Hamilton it would assuredly have been killed in body.

In my view, a political vision is not a grab-bag of discrete problems and solutions. It is the visionary anticipation of a direction.

A great politician has to bother himself less with means than with goals.

The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation

Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president who tells us what America is fighting for, not just what we are fighting against. We want a president who will defend human rights - not just where it is convenient - but wherever freedom is at risk - from Chile to Afghanistan, from Poland to South Africa

I have big ideas. If you don't like them, don't vote for me.

I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.

There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the cross-roads of history and must choose which way to go. But for us there need be no difficulty or hesitation, no looking to right or left. Our way is straight and clear—the building up of a socialist democracy at home with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations.

When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.

I cannot say that I entered the presidency with any deliberately planned and far-reaching scheme of social betterment.