leadership Quotes

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.