(51 quotes found)
“A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires”
Bertrand Russell
“You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.”
Pope John Paul II
“It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.”
Abba Eban
“There is a tendency today for some of our political leaders to blame their staff and civil servants. That is the worst thing to do.”
Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam
“You're talking a 40 percent increase in taxes. Anytime political leaders decide they want to give voters a tax break, they also have to recognize there are consequences. You can't pass off the burden from one tax paying body to another.”
Ted Matthews
“America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process.”
Arianna Huffington
“The unprovoked water attack on our religious and political leaders who were conducting a peaceful religious activity is unacceptable under a democratic system of government,”
Franklin Drilon
“German political leaders and business leaders should encourage more German private equity firms to get started -- don't wait for the Americans to show up but support and encourage Germans to start their own funds and to do the same kind of things that the Americans are doing.”
David Rubenstein
“The Centre (federal government) has made it clear that it would hold talks with a cross-section of political leaders from the state.”
Sanjaya Baru
