Passion Quote by Max Weber

“His success in dealing with the strong egos of the men in his cabinet suggests that in the hands of a truly great politician…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

A great politician has great charisma.

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is…

— Plato

Three outstanding qualities make for success: judgment, industry, health. And the greatest of these is judgment.

— Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

“Unlike the political opportunist, the true statesman values principle above popularity, and works to create popularity for those political principles which are wise and…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“Politics, as he occasionally said, required three unchanging talents and no virtues. More politicians, he claimed, had been destroyed by virtue than by any…

— Howard Fast

“Some leaders may be honest and good but unwise in legislation they choose to support. Others may possess wisdom but be dishonest and unvirtuous.…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally.…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

“The skill of the politician consists in guessing what people can be brought to think advantageous to themselves; the skill of the experts consists…

— Bertrand Russell

A Leader must possess credibility, imagination, enthusiasm, vision, foresight, a sense of timing, a passion for excellence and be willing to share.

— William Rosenberg

All of great leaders evidence four basic qualities that are central to their ability to lead: adaptive capacity, the ability to engage others through…

— Warren G. Bennis

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

— Peggy Noonan