Political Will Quotes

Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that it does.

Political leaders will never take risks unless the people push them to take risks.

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House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.

Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn't show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet.

Unlike Washington, the California legislature has proved that cooperation is both possible and essential to successful policymaking, while stubborn absolutism will have you trailing head lice in popularity polls.

I am not the first President to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last.

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

Successful reform requires a long-term vision, driven by political leadership.

Countries are very reluctant to impose short term pain for long term gain.

Americans want the building to continue. They expect and deserve a government that will allow that to happen.

It is absolutely critical to build domestic support for any foreign initiative.

We do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership.

The entire political elite has mismanaged the Indian economy for the last 50 years. You cannot solve a crisis that is borne as a symptom of mismanagement in just five minutes or in a week. It will involve significant sacrifices and pain, and I doubt that in India there is the political will to face the music.

I am confident that you brothers in parliament will champion the will of the people over that of the occupier.

I think the research evidence on the benefits of early childhood programs for the local economy is extremely strong. However, the moral and political choice is still up to us, as citizens and as voters.

To deliver Brexit you must believe in it.

I didn't come to Washington to be part of the problem.

Over the years, the government launched more than one 'war on corruption,' and they all failed. Why? Because they all started from the bottom up.

Government should make tough decisions in the larger national interests, even if it upsets the people.

Political courage reads well in editorials, but it doesn't translate into political reality.

When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

We live in a country that sent people to the moon. This accomplishment, along with other bold leaps of faith, required political will, determination and imagination. Providing health care for all of our citizens requires the same force of will.

We've got to get back to a country that can get things done. And my whole career has been marching and charging at and running toward some of the most difficult problems in America and finding ways to create new coalitions to get things done.

One of the hardest things in politics is getting a democracy to deal with something now where the payoff is long term or the price of inaction is decades away.