“In a world devoid of towering political leaders, we seem to have become experts at growing idiots & elevating them to important positions.” — Mamur Mustapha Copy Share Image
White working-class voters or working-class voters have felt abandoned, have felt, in many senses, disparaged by the political leadership of America. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders, but the fate of peace is up to each of us. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher was the first political leader in any major country to warn of the dangers of climate change — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
Trump's biggest failure as a political leader is that he sees the worst in people, and he encourages the worst in people. — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression. — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
I never intended to become an opposition political leader. Perhaps the government wants to raise me up into one. — Park Won-soon Copy Share Image
Labor is like motherhood to most of our political leaders: a calling so fine and noble that it would be sullied by… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I understand what's going on in people's minds, and I think the political leaders better be asking themselves 'why is it, that… — Trent Lott Copy Share Image
The father receives his power from God (and from his own father). The teacher finds the soil already prepared for obedience, and… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
I think having Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is going to send a very wonderful lesson to the American public… — Ellen Malcolm Copy Share Image
The most extremist power any political leader can assert is the power to target his own citizens for execution without any charges… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
The 2016 presidential election is ripe for the emergence of a game-changing political leader who either dramatically reforms one of the existing… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
I did not suggest that Iran is a democracy; just the opposite. I talked about it being a repressive theocracy. What I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have 57 choices of ketchup and 500 TV channels. Very nearly everything has been disrupted in the country, from how we… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
My own take on it is that government will never adequately represent every person in the country. It can't. It's not possible.… — Kelsey Grammer Copy Share Image
How much he was shaped by being in the hospital so much as a kid. Because he was sick, he was a… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
The internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating a more open and connected world. We can't let poorly thought… — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
“Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders,… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
“For present-day politicians there are only political points to be made from such statements, and the larger the sin the larger the… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
In a wild and diverse democracy each of us should be trying to talk to lots and lots and lots of people… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
In different countries the basis of resistance takes different forms, but it comes chiefly from the conservative groups. Hence it becomes increasingly… — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image
Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Our political leaders often talk about Russia taking an independent path, but they like to live like people in the West. — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
Whether you are a business leader or political leader, you need people around you who are prepared to tell the truth. — Michael Kroger Copy Share Image
“When political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become more important. It is hard to subvert a rule-of-law… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
In the words of Louis Brandeis, the Supreme Court justice, we have a choice between a democracy or vast concentrations of wealth.… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilisations, I don't believe in it. It's something some political leaders tried to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Because the task of a political leader is to do what he believes is better for his country. Sometimes the public opinion… — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
Our middle class majority, deeply in personal debt, elects political leaders who increase our benefits. Then we vote them out because we… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Good romantic suspense can never underestimate the audience, and the best political leaders know how to shape a compelling narrative that respects… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, generations of people have been told by their political leaders that they are more exceptional human beings than the rest of… — Abby Martin Copy Share Image
I am one of the first political leaders officially declaring that anti-Semitism is a crime. I expect an official declaration that Islamophobia… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
If I look back, the one thing that I am proud of is that for once I as a political leader, kept… — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
The Sixties was a perfect storm of disaffection with political leaders trying to pass off the same old platitudes to maintain the… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I understand why political leaders in the beginning want to be cheerleaders to generate optimism. But to admit that they didn't understand… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The world understands that our country could solve all conflicts with military solutions, but we won't because we have leaders and we… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
Holding political leaders accountable on behalf of voters is at the core of what I do every day in my role as… — Hallie Jackson Copy Share Image