Political leaders Quotes · Page 6

Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders.

— Jonathan Sacks

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On…

— Gerald R. Ford

What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash.

— James Hansen

I don't agree with everything that any of our political leaders say or believe - that's going to happen sometimes.

— Dale Murphy

The E.U. elections provide an opportunity for the people of the United Kingdom to knock some sense into the heads of their…

— Gina Miller

Too often, advances in civil rights or women's rights are undermined by wrong-headed legislation or weak-kneed political leadership.

— Mike Quigley

'The people are the only sure reliance, for the preservation of our LIBERTY!' Thomas Jefferson

— Andrew Guzaldo

I think it's very important to invite and encourage people to talk about climate change who have a lay understanding. In general,…

— Margaret D. Klein

You have to understand that to have a revolution when you are 18 years old is completely different from normal political leaders…

— Jose Manuel Barroso

Our political leaders have great responsibilities, but as with many situations in life, people often rise or fall to meet your expectations.…

— Paul Polman

Political leaders, lacking documents that could be kept secret (apart from the occasional exception), lacking media they could control, were of necessity…

— Moses Finley

We're certainly not perfect, and we're not probably even better than anybody else, except that perhaps we are given to certain kinds…

— Sam Hamill

It's going to be like herding stray cats, and the political leaders who can do it will be remembered as the same…

— William H. Calvin

There have been repeated cases when nuclear war came ominously close, often a result of malfunctioning of early-warning systems and other accidents,…

— Noam Chomsky

There is an important message that all political leaders should be taking from the response to coronavirus, and that is that people…

— Caroline Lucas

Men and women ... do you not realize that the State is the worst enemy you have? It is a machine that…

— Emma Goldman

I have met with political leaders, legislators, and diplomats, seeking the next steps to press in reducing and eliminating the nuclear threat…

— Michael Douglas

We cannot be secure by limiting our liberties, as some of our political leaders are demanding, but only by expanding themWe should…

— Howard Zinn

' A society whose citizens refuse to see and investigate the facts, who refuse to believe that their Government and their Media…

— Andrew Guzaldo

In Stage I, divorces were not allowed, so men's [sexual] affairs did not put women's economic security in jeopardy; in Stage II,…

— Warren Farrell

I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage,…

— Howard Zinn

Today's political leaders demonstrate their low opinion of the public with every social law they pass. They believe that, if given the…

— Mark Skousen

We see political leaders replacing moral imperatives with a Southern strategy. We have seen all too clearly that there are men-now in…

— John Lindsay

The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.

— Michael Pollan

Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real, even if political leaders don't always reflect or act on that knowledge.

— David Suzuki

We must always strive for greater heights at the town council level to continue building the public's confidence in alternate political leaders.

— Pritam Singh

Political leaders are not and cannot reasonably be expected to be indifferent to the cruelest calumnies aimed at their character.

— John McCain

Until the American majority is willing to live within its means, it can hardly force its political leaders to do so.

— Oliver DeMille

The true measure of a city is its soul. This is the restless energy that doesn't wait for political leadership.

— Pier Giorgio Di Cicco

Political leaders will only undertake bold climate initiatives if they know the American people want it.

— Frances Beinecke

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends." ~ (1925-…

— Margaret Thatcher

There is nothing more basic to our democracy than the right to participate in electing our political leaders.

— Mark Shields

'A man or woman who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a…

— Andrew Guzaldo

The public wants to know that their political leaders will stay true to the promise made to them that Brexit means Brexit.

— Priti Patel

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

— Carly Fiorina

Wake up and smell the facism; The biggests terrorists are not on the streets they are in Government.

— Wandini

For the political leader the religious doctrines and institutions of his people must always remain inviolable; or else has no right to…

— Adolf Hitler

They say that truth is the first casualty of war. But there is another casualty as well: trust. As conflict escalates, trust…

— Peter Maurer

Neither Obama nor Romney will be able to 'heal' our 'pockets' during the next four years. The only thing I'm sure about…

— Jean-Paul Malfatti