Shinzo Abe Quotes

Boris [Johnson] was cavalier with assurances he made. We're picking a prime minister here to lead the country, not a school prefect.

Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.

Politicians can’t just point to problems. They need to propose solutions.

The public, by and large, trusts its leaders not only to tell the truth, but to get the job done. When they don’t get the job done, they get punished, and when they don’t get the job done and it comes out that they lied, they’re in really serious trouble. This is what happened to [Lyndon] Johnson and it’s what happened to [George W,] Bush. If you’re going to tell a lie, make sure the policy works out.

Ministers do not function well when they are unsure of their authority or of their standing with the Leader [ the Prime Minister]

Tony Blair was a good politician but not a good Prime Minister, and that's what we don't want to be. We don't want to be just people who are good at winning elections: we want to be good at governing. I think we benefit from having seen the mistakes that we think Tony Blair made in 1997.

What do you prefer? A prime minister obsessed with being popular, or a prime minister who does the job?

Restoring accountability will be one of the major priorities of our new government. Accountability is what ordinary Canadians, working Canadians, those people who pay their bills, pay their taxes, expect from their political leaders.

Jon Tester no longer can say that he supports the principles and values of the people of Montana.

I hope when I am governor and it's all over, I am a governor who underpromised and overdelivered.

MPs put ourselves at the behest of the British people, certainly, but we are not infallible or devoid of sensitivity.

Whether it's Liberal or Conservative - any time someone has a perspective on what their experience has been as prime minister of the country, it's always interesting.

It's absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.

The public has no interest in whether the President acts boldly or timidly in his personal affairs.

I'm not serving in the same party as Boris Johnson. He's proved that he's incapable of holding high office, never mind being prime minister. He's not true to what he believes in.

I believe that politicians should implement the promises that they've given in manifestos.

No politician can expect to escape criticism for a controversial decision and we have to be robust in justifying what we do.

My grandfather... always used to say - I remember it really well - that he was proud to be a politician. He wanted to redeem that word.

We are absolutely going to make sure Paul Ryan is being held accountable to the people.

Politicians can and should be held accountable for their choices.

I just want to faithfully represent the public that voted for me and diligently work for all the people in Israel. If I can do that, I don't care what anyone says about me.

The politician is your best friend - he always wants to be there when he's asking for your vote. But then, often, he doesn't have time for you when he gets into office. To me, it's the opposite. They should listen to you more when they're actually in office.

People have seen the Modi government's track record, and now they believe that if we say something, it will happen.

If you're a representative, you listen to your constituents, and then you go vote their conscience. You don't go vote your special interest buddies' interest and then come back and justify it.

The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.