William Pitt the Younger Quotes

Only I can turn this country around.

DeGaulle says “Europe” but he means “France.”

A nationalist movement seeks its own country. A nationalist party seeks a country that will keep electing it.

Nationalism is a tool increasingly used by leaders to bolster their authority, especially amid difficult economic and political conditions.

I think any politician, regardless of their religious conviction, has to be a megalomaniac - they have to be! Anyone who works in that kind of job has to be so full of himself to do that kind of thing.

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

There can be no greater privilege in life than to be chosen to lead your country.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent.

After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.

I was the network president. I thought I knew everything.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.

Anyone who gets to the top in politics is a control freak.

There is no passion to which the rulers of a people can address themselves with greater [political] effect [than war.]

I have a bigger voice than Donald Trump, you know what I'm saying? Than literally anybody that works in politics.

I never view myself as a leader.

World leaders and major political figures have often had delusions of grandeur.

I am going to make America great.

A leader in America or anyone who says they truly care about this nation without taking some kind of action is either a liar or insane. In either case, they are unfit to lead.

The people who own the country are now going to get to run it.

Men who have greatness within them don't go into politics.

I have only to raise a finger and the whole face of Europe is changed.

[Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain] has appealed for sacrifice. The nation is prepared for every sacrifice so long as it has leadership …. I say solemnly that the Prime Minister should give an example of sacrifice because there is nothing which can contribute more to victory in this war than that he should sacrifice the seals of office.

All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise.