All Richard V. Allen Quotes
- Explaining the $1000 in cash and two watches he was given by two Japanese journalists after he helped arrange a private interview for them with… Accept
- We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with other Americans, can… Afflicted
- Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure… Characterized
- A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the… Confer
- A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real challenges in getting… Administration
- Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992, lingered in naming… Administration
- Naming a transition team varies with the intentions of the candidate; some candidates have been careful to name a transition team as much as a… Advance
- This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where… Abound
- Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to reward its adversaries. Administration
- The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to… Administration
- Unlike the Reagan and Bush Administrations, with but one exception, the Clinton administration failed to reach out to Republicans in creating a new team, and… Administration
- In general, any incoming administration must carefully examine ('vet') its nominees for high public office. Administration
- If you love your children, if you love your country, if you love the God of love, clear your hands from slaves, burden not your… Burden
- The single most important aspect of the Transition involves the selection of personnel to manage the transfer of responsibility. The law provides roughly ten weeks… Accomplish
- Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and to acquaint the… Acquaint
- If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of… Adversely
- Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of… Always Build
- I would argue that the next President, either Bush or Gore, should strike a 'national' posture, exhibiting generosity toward the defeated opponent, but proceeding with… Agenda
- The 'transition' involves the transfer of power from one president to another. In recent times, the incoming President has designated a Director of the Transition,… Administer
- The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because 'people are policy'), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been some successful transitions… According
- The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful… Activities
- Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with his policies and… Able
- At the same time, the Reagan Administration assured that the main elements of policymaking were in the hands of competent loyalists, thus assuring a successful… Administration
- In this context, I believe it is an imperative for the new President to select and install his team as quickly as possible, and this… Appoint