Aristotle Quotes

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

We are giving the citizens of Poland a sense that a reasonable and predictable government is ruling here.

Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.

A king who governs his kingdom well, easily prospers.

Administration is the essence of government, and its quality is a prime condition of civic comfort.

The best way to unite the country is to have a good national government.

We believe that all governments necessarily require civil officers and magistrates to enforce the laws of the same; and that such as will administer the law in equity and justice should be sought for and upheld by the voice of the people.

Good political leadership is good government. What we need is more good political leadership.

Choose the manager of your government as you would the manager of your private business.

The question of our time is rapidly becoming can government get things done?

We are civil officers. We are men of peace. We are here to do justice to the Philippine people, and to secure to them the best government in our power. The people will retain such a measure of popular control as will be consistent with stability and the security of law, order and property.

Our battle over the size of the state overlooks a problem that is just as important and that may be easier to muster the collective will to resolve: how effective government is, regardless of its scale.

I have found that leadership is leadership is leadership. It applies whether you are in government or in corporate life or in non-profit life.

When it comes to consideration of how to do well in running the city, which must proceed entirely through justice and soundness of mind.

Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first arrangement of the Judicial department as essential to the happiness of our Country, and to the stability of its political system.

First, we need to focus government on the things that are required of the State. Second, we need to achieve competence in government so that the State delivers on the things it sets out to do.

I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris [Johnson] cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

When government does its job properly people are free to do theirs.

The object of leadership may be stated as having a system whereby a leader recognizes what is good for the good of the government, for the good of the nation, for the good of humanity, and recognizes the qualities he has and what he can do within his own limitations. He cannot do, and should not attempt to do, the impossible, but he should not fail to attempt something that might be extremely difficult and may be possible.

We want very good leaders who have a lot of power.

In Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government. One has a functioning government, and the other does not. Which is why it bothers me when I hear people say that government is the enemy. They don't understand its fundamental role.

I happen to believe that if we want to replace a lifetime politician like Barack Obama, who had no experience leading anything... We've got to nominate a leader if we're going to replace someone who is not a leader.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.