“I was a member of the Florida legislature for nine years, the speaker of the house, majority leader, majority whip.” YearsHouseLeaderMembersMajorityNineSpeakersFloridaWhipsLegislatureNine YearsMajority Leader Author:Marco Rubio
“After all, if you have the majority of customers, then what you do becomes the standard. Your competitors have little choice but to follow. If you are the leader, then having a nonstandard infrastructure is a bad idea. Ultimately, it leads to extinction.” IfsLittlesIdeasChoicesLeaderStandardsMajorityCustomersCompetitorsInfrastructureExtinctionBad Ideas Author:Douglas Gwyn
“I'm very sad about Mitch McConnell probably getting to be Senate majority leader, if only for two years. To me, he is just everything that is wrong with the world, a bullying obstructionist blowhard liar (not to put too fine a point on it).” IfsWorldYearsTwoLeaderFineMajorityTwo YearsLiarsBullyingSenateVery SadMajority LeaderBlowhards Author:Anne Lamott
“What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.” IfsCarePoliticalPurposePoliticsLeaderMajorityPrimariesVotersParkingPolitical LeadersParking Lot Author:Newt Gingrich
“All of the great leaders down through history have told us we become what we think about. In fact, they have been in complete and unanimous agreement on this point while they disagree on almost every other point. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people rarely think, they simply accept what they see or hear. The next time someone gives you a suggestion, rather than simply accepting and acting on the suggestion - THINK - exercise your reasoning factor. Ask yourself if the suggestion will improve the quality of your life.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingHas BeensFactsNextAsksActingQualityLeaderAcceptingExerciseMajorityFactorsReasoningAgreementDisagreeNext TimeSuggestionsGreat Leader Author:Bob Proctor
“The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally. It would be almost a contradiction in terms for a politician to be a leader in the field of ideas. His task in a democracy is to find out what the opinions held by the largest number are, not to give currency to new opinions which may become the majority view in some distant future.” ThinkingGivingMayIdeasFactsWould BeMovingPoliticsTermViewsNumbersLeaderOpinionPowerDemocracySuccessfulFieldsPoliticianTasksMajorityAcceptedContradictionCurrencyFramework Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“We consider ourselves to be free because no one in our society is allowed unlimited powerno leader, faction, party or 'class', no majority, no government, church, corporation, trade, or professional association or trade union. The secret of its freedom is that it is composed of a multitude of organisations in the constitution of the best of which is reproduced that diffusion of power which is characteristic of the whole.” WholeGovernmentChurchPartySecretLeaderClassConstitutionTradeMajorityUnionsCorporationsCharacteristicsOur SocietyAssociationMultitudesUnlimitedOrganisationFactionsTrade UnionsDiffusion Author:Michael Joseph Oakeshott
“Politicians are really getting desperate. In fact, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent out a final fundraising email to Democrats with the subject line, 'I'm begging.' Because what better way to show you're a strong leader than acting like you're drunk and dialing your ex?” WayFactsShowsStrongLinesActingLeaderSubjectsLike YouPoliticianMajorityDemocratFinalsDrunkDesperateSenateEmailExesBetter WaysBeggingFundraisingStrong LeadersYour ExMajority Leader Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Religious people are not entitled to special rights, even if they are elected leaders or in the majority; they are not allowed to force everyone to support their religion.” PeopleIfsForceReligiousLeaderSupportRightsAtheismSpecialMajorityPositive AtheismEntitledElected Leaders Author:Ed Buckner
“My job as majority leader is be supportive of our troops, try to have input as decisions are made and to look at those decisions after they're made ... not to march in lock step with everything the president decides to do.” TryingLooksMadeJobsPresidentDecisionLeaderStepsMajorityMarchTroopsLocksSupportiveInputOur TroopsMajority Leader Author:Trent Lott
“Trent Lott has regained a position of leadership. He was the former majority leader who lost his post for racially insensitive commentary. I believe he mentioned that Strom Thurmond in 1948, who ran as a segregationist candidate, should have won. ... But now, sound the irony alarm. He has recaptured a position and his position -- I kid you not -- in the Senate will be minority whip. So, my guess is he takes to that job like, let's say, white on rice.” ShouldBelieveKidsJobsLostI BelieveSoundWhiteLeaderPositionShould HaveMajorityFormerPostsIronyRanCandidatesMinoritiesSenateRiceAlarmsWhipsCommentaryInsensitiveMajority Leader Author:Jon Stewart
“Former U.S. House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay, has been sentenced to three years in prison. One year for money laundering and two more for his performance on 'Dancing with the Stars.'” YearsHas BeensTwoThreeHouseStarsLeaderPerformancesMajorityPrisonDancingFormerThree YearsTomsDelayDancing With The StarsMoney LaunderingMajority Leader Author:Jay Leno
“Nothing is more odious than the majority, for it consists of a few powerful leaders, a certain number of accommodating scoundrels and submissive weaklings, and a mass of men who trot after them without thinking, or knowing their own minds.” ThinkingMenMindCertainPowerfulNumbersLeaderKnowingMassMajorityScoundrelsSubmissivePowerful Leaders Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Until the American majority is willing to live within its means, it can hardly force its political leaders to do so.” MeanPoliticalForceLeaderWillingMajorityPolitical Leaders Author:Oliver DeMille
“Our middle class majority, deeply in personal debt, elects political leaders who increase our benefits. Then we vote them out because we dislike the soaring national debt.” PoliticalLeaderClassMiddleBenefitsVoteIncreaseMajorityDebtMiddle ClassDislikeSoarPolitical LeadersNational Debt Author:Oliver DeMille
“The majority cannot reason; it has no judgement. It has always placed its destiny in the hands of others; it has followed its leaders even into destruction. The mass has always opposed, condemned, and hounded the innovator, the pioneer of a new truth.” ReasonHandsLeaderDestinyMassDestructionMajorityJudgementPioneersInnovators Author:Emma Goldman