Leadership & Management: Vision & Strategy Quotes

"Hussein has a strategy. I'm sure he'll implement that strategy, and it would be to our detriment. We're embarking on an exercise about which we know nothing"

John Hewson, Politician

"As long as the sun rises over Ontario and sets over the Pacific, I will dedicate myself to bringing the people of Oregon what they want and need most - an era of hope, change, and economic renewal"

Ted Kulongoski, Politician

"If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing"

Anatoly Chubais, Politician

"I don't think Russia will follow the United States's way. I don't think Russia will follow the French way. I'm sure Russia will find its own way"

Anatoly Chubais, Politician

"We are looking for targets that have a tremendous strategic fit for the company. The colleges must have complementary education programs, have an excellent reputation, long operating history and solid regulatory compliance"

John Larson, Politician

"The party at its best has always been a modern party"

Francis Maude, Politician

"Defence is our best attack"

Jay Weatherill, Politician

"McCain needs Hillary to run because that's what keeps the Republican coalition together. She helps unite the Republican base"

Chuck Todd, Journalist

"The Democrats just don't have a foreign policy that they're willing to defend, that they're willing to use to take down the president's. We're dealing with the power of suggestion here"

Chris Matthews, Journalist

"But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe"

Romano Prodi, Statesman

"I also believe that it is time to begin the fundamental analysis of how we got here, what led us here and what we need to do in order to ensure that we are equipped with the best possible intelligence as we face these issues in the future"

David Kay, Scientist

"In this drawing we just let our imagination run wild. We visualized Superman toys, games, and a radio show - that was before TV - and Superman movies. We even visualized Superman billboards. And it's all come true"

Joe Shuster, Artist

"The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of America on the world stage"

Gwen Ifill, Journalist

"We are still waiting for the president to introduce a concrete plan. He has just hinted at what he is thinking about doing, but no one has seen a proposal"

Grace Napolitano, Politician

"As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda"

John Engler, Politician

"All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others"

John Engler, Politician

"We made certain that there were decent transitional arrangements to get us to where we wanted to go. The same principle will have to apply here or we won't get there"

John Anderson, Writer

"But my point is that you design something in the end that precludes any unhealthy trading practices that are not going to serve your environmental or your economic objectives, but now is not the time to do it"

John Anderson, Writer

"The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders, we run into trouble"

Jesse Helms, Politician

"We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end of our time in office we had lost our way"

Ed Miliband, Politician

"Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change"

Ed Miliband, Politician

"The money was good while it lasted. The best part was clearly that it changed my view of what's possible, as far as thinking how you can have an impact on a national level"

Andrew Shue, Actor

"In fact, I think that Governor Clinton, when he was running, and President Clinton, when he was serving, actually governed with a wide range of advisors and a perspective that blended the best of ideas from the center and the left"

John Podesta, Lawyer

"We are aware that in 2005, our efforts to preserve the stability and prestige of the Republic of Bulgaria in the area of foreign policy and our efforts to attain fully our strategic goals will be mostly contingent upon the way we address our domestic priorities"

Georgi Purvanov, Statesman

"The fact is, if we do our job right, if we keep worrying not about polls but about the jobs of the American people, about their health care, about their ability to educate their kids, stay in their homes and own their homes, send their kids to college, the basic pillars of a middle-class life, if we keep worrying about the future and building a stronger future for this country, these things will take care of themselves"

David Axelrod, Public Servant

"But to make a long story short, I decided that I was going to run, and I announced that I was going to run for president in Florida, I would be the favorite son from Florida, and that would stop Johnson and Kennedy from dividing up the state"

George Smathers, Politician

"There is still need to think and plan, but on a different scale, and along different lines"

C. S. Forester, Novelist

"Good ideas are the backbone of good government"

Brian Schweitzer, Politician

"We need to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy"

Charlie Dent, Politician

"If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there is a very high level of consistency, and there is a sense that he is who he is. Obama's governing is completely consistent with the way he campaigned and the themes on which he campaigned, the issues he highlighted, the vision he shared"

David Axelrod, Public Servant

"I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going to fully appreciate what this reform is if we pass it and implement it and it becomes not a caricature but a reality, and I still believe that. So I think it will be easier to sell it moving forward than it was to this point"

David Axelrod, Public Servant

"The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses"

Diane Wood, Judge

"We can push Montana forward, and we can do it with out raising taxes"

Brian Schweitzer, Politician

"But if we leave them alone, just satisfying ourselves with social work, economic work and the building up of a national army, it can make progress, hopefully within a short time"

Bulent Ecevit, Politician

"The engineering is secondary to the vision"

Cynthia Ozick, Novelist

"We will host the ASEAN Summit in November this year. It will be an occasion to reflect on our achievements collectively and to look at how ASEAN can maintain its leading role in regional and international cooperation"

Hassanal Bolkiah, Statesman

"Let us tackle the big issues with bold ideas that transform Iowa to accomplish our shared mission to grow Iowa, and realize our shared vision of Iowa as the best place to live, work and raise a family"

Thomas Vilsack, Politician

"There may be problems we still need to tease out, but we will leave no stone unturned in our bid to make London the host city"

Sebastian Coe, Politician

"Two thirds of a century ago, we were given a national policy. It was made to fit the conditions of the day"

John Bracken, Politician

"We recognize the need to adapt to a changing competitive environment"

Sumner Redstone, Businessman

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