While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old farmer, whose hand was caught in the squeeze gate while working cattle, the Doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to politicians and their role as our leaders. Lawyers are natural politicians. - Clarence Darrow Strong people don't need strong leaders. - Ella Baker Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill Cream always rises to the top... so do good leaders. - John Paul Warren The problem with political jokes is they get elected. - Henry Cate, VII Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk. - Donald Trump Integrity is the one thing a leader cannot do without. - John C Maxwell A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader. - Fred Wilson There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand. - Annie Besant He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader. - Aristotle A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves. - Bertrand de Jouvenel We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. - Reinhold Niebuhr The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I'd be honest. - Rodney Dangerfield Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. - Lady Bird Johnson Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or, rather the hashish. - Oliver St. John Gogarty Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help. - Alex Haley A filmmaker we almost lost to politics... my friend and colleague, Warren Beatty. - Jack Nicholson Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it. - Laurence J Peter Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea. - Enoch Powell The indignation of politicians is NOT a good measure of the gravity of any situation. - Paul Harvey My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. - John F Kennedy Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential. - Steven J Stowell Good leaders develop ideas. Great leaders develop people. The best leaders develop new leaders. - Bobby Umar Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joe-k. - Will Rogers Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. - Molly Ivins The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. - Theodor Adorno The best leaders identify what promises they are being held to, manage expectations, and honor those promises. - Bob Anderson The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. - Lysander Spooner At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy. - Kin Hubbard The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan Politicians get their power too late, and I think that he has inherited an impossible situation in which he is ill-equipped to deal. - Malcolm Muggeridge A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: Duh. - Conan O'Brien Great leaders don't set out to be a leader. They set out to make a difference. It's never about the role - always about the goal. - Lisa Haisha A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people, so that they can get on with their jobs. - Robert Townsend I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' - Ralph Nader see also Doctor, Farm & Politics Sections Donald Trump Post Turtle (2016 Version) Australia Post Lamp Post For Sale Mom Posting Post Research Post-it Succession Planning Redneck Post Support Speaking The Truth Why Men Need Post-It Notes |
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