Executive Quotes

378 quotes by 303 authors

Whether lawyer, politician or executive, the American who knows what's good for his career seeks an institutional rather than an individual identity. He becomes the… — Lewis H. Lapham
And so it is that I carry with me from this State to that high and lonely office to which I now succeed more than… — John F. Kennedy
The representatives of the people, in a popular assembly, seem sometimes to fancy that they are the people themselves, and betray strong symptoms of impatience… — Alexander Hamilton
It may not be improper, however, to remark two consequences, evidently flowing from an extension of the federal power to every subject falling within the… — James Madison
A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at… — Thomas Jefferson
[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their, own… — Thomas Jefferson
. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the… — Alexander Hamilton
What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise powers… — James Madison
The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not… — Thomas Jefferson
It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first comports… — Alexander Hamilton
The executive art is nine-tenths inducing those who have authority to use it in taking pertinent action — Chester Barnard
When you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes. — Ernest Hemingway
The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation.… — John Francis Hylan
Joe Schenck, a top 20th Century-Fox executive, once said to me that he really believed I had a future, and that was because I was… — Gene Tierney
You can't have the legislative and executive branch working in a parallel universe...the partisanship that has gripped Washington has prevented us from dealing with the… — Olympia Snowe
Airport Cars UK are always helpful and on time when we go on holiday. They have also done themselves proud with the executive people carriers… — Shane Richie
I have gone through a long apprenticeship. I have gone through enough of being a nobody. I have decided that when I am a star,… — Gloria Swanson
To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching Man to regard himself as an experiment in the realization of God, to regard… — George Bernard Shaw
The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration… — Thomas Jefferson
It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority. — Alexander Hamilton

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