Governance Style Quotes

I want to lead a government humble enough to know its place.

The best of all Rulers is only a shadowy presence to his subjects. Next comes the ruler they love and praise; Then comes one they fear; And then one with whom they take liberties.

We're not a democracy.

If Rob Ford decided he wanted to run for the Liberal Party in 2015, we'd say, 'No, sorry, the way you approach things, the way you govern, the way you behave is not suitable to the kind of Liberal team we want to build.'

The job of government is to govern. They ought to get on with it.

They that govern the most make the least noise.

A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.

The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly airs that in America, because we have no such institution, unfortunately adhere to the president.

I happen to agree with many of President Obama's policies, but in our system, it is often as important how you do something as what you do.

This government, unlike the last government, is actually governing.

Our government is a little more chaotic than most other governments in the world.

A small city, is better off with a government “for the people” than it is being ruled by a few people, or by only one. A larger city, according to the scale of magnitude, is better ruled by a few good rich men, rather then by the populace, or by one person. The largest cities or peoples are best ruled by a single king.

George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.

I think different presidents have different ways of governing. We just have to respect that.

If Donald Trump governs the way he campaigned, it'll be a disastrous presidency. This is a chance for him to be magnanimous, humble. To work across the aisle. If that's the kind of president we have, that's fine. But if not, I want our DNC chair, I want Democratic senators and Congresspeople, citizens, we need to resist.

People are not going to reelect Barack Obama. But will the new president govern as a real conservative? We're going to have to apply the heat to make sure.

How a candidate runs shapes how a president governs.

Unfortunately, in Russia this "Asian mentality,"still comes to the fore. But at the same time, it is obvious that there is a certain orientation toward the West. In the end, this is a fragile balancing act between the Asian manner of governance and high living standards that are guaranteed through Western technology.

There are times when one must govern liberally and times when one must be dictatorial.

I was not elected to produce a pile of vetoes.

Government is supposed to lead by example in many cases. Government that's not particularly caring and is hands-off is not particularly inspiring.

Campaigning and governing are two very different activities, and there is no reason to assume that how Trump conducted the former will dictate how he approaches the latter.

Let me clarify this very definitely. This is not an authoritarian organization.

One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned.

You have to govern like you've got a majority. It doesn't matter whether it's one seat, five or 10 seats.