“I think having Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is going to send a very wonderful lesson to the American public that women can be strong, they can be tough, they can be effective, and they can lead this country as political leaders.” ThinkingCountryPoliticalHouseStrongLeaderWonderfulLessonsToughSpeakersPolitical LeadersNancy Author:Ellen Malcolm
“People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and businessmen as well as go-getters and hustlers of smaller caliber, tend to take it for granted that human nature is selfish and that life is a struggle in which only the fittest may survive. According to this philosophy, the basic law by which man must live, in spite of his surface veneer of civilization, is the law of the jungle. The "fittest" are those who can bring to the struggle superior force, superior cunning, and superior ruthlessness.” PeopleThinkingMenHumansWellsMayPhilosophyLawPoliticalLife IsForceLeaderStruggleHuman NatureCivilizationToughSurfaceSelfishSuperiorsGrantedSpiteRealisticBusinessmanJungleCunningInfluentialPolitical LeadersCaliberRuthlessnessVeneerLife Is A Struggle Author:S. I. Hayakawa
“Bush's life is that a fundamentally decent man presided over a moment when politics got meaner and rougher. '88 was the year of the handler, of bringing in political consultants who played very hard and very tough.” MenYearsHardMomentsPoliticalLife IsToughDecentConsultantsDecent Man Author:Evan Thomas
“For me, the political part of being an actor is very tough. To sit somewhere and tell somebody why you should feel this way or that way about my character does not feel like my responsibility. It feels like the responsibility of the writer and the person who created it.” WayFeelsShouldPersonsDoeCharacterPoliticalActorsResponsibilityTough Author:Emma Stone
“Listen, Al Gore is a very tough opponent. He is the incumbent. He represents the incumbency. And a challenger is somebody who generally comes from the pack and wins, if you're going to win. And that's where I'm coming from.” IfsHumorPoliticalWinningToughOpponentsAlsPacksGorePolitical HumorIncumbentsIncumbency Author:George W. Bush
“I've got a great sense of where I want to lead and I'm comfortable with why I'm running. And, you know, the call on that speech was, beware. This is going to be a tough campaign.” KnowsWantHumorRunningPoliticalSpeechComfortableToughCampaignsPolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush