Political Willpower Quotes

The entire political elite has mismanaged the Indian economy for the last 50 years. You cannot solve a crisis that is borne as a symptom of mismanagement in just five minutes or in a week. It will involve significant sacrifices and pain, and I doubt that in India there is the political will to face the music.

What I really appreciated about Obama in the last campaign was that he was not reactive, and we're such a reactive culture... It takes a certain strength to be patient and have a plan.

I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.

The electorate will forgive you even for decisions that they do not agree with, but they will not forgive you for not deciding.

Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans.

I’ve been asked to run for public office three times now, and each time I’ve managed to escape with my virtue intact. I said, no.

Politicians dare to fail publicly.

Politicians are just human beings. When there is a degree of very personal pain that one feels towards an issue ..., the commitment level is higher and the willingness to compromise is lower.

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he shall not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or too base for what he wants to offer.

Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.

I think you have to have really thick skin to be in politics - which I just lack. I think I'm just too nice!

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

I had always thought about running for high political office, and I was kind of waiting for the stars to line up. And, you know, they don't hold the door open for you. You kind of have to muscle your way in.

I have my opinions but to go into politics you have to be very clever, which I'm not!

If you constantly cross your own centers of power, you lose the energy that wins elections.