“There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions.” DecisionPicksToughElectionGood TimesGovernanceTough DecisionsGood GovernanceUnpopular Decisions Author:Jairam Ramesh
“If we think that we can secure our country by just talking tough without acting tough and smart, then we will misunderstand this moment and miss its opportunities. If we think that we can use the same partisan playbook where we just challenge our opponent's patriotism to win an election, then the American people will lose. The times are too serious for this kind of politics.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindCountryMomentsUseOpportunityWinningLosesChallengesActingTalkingMissingSeriousSmartToughElectionOur CountrySecureOpponentsPartisansPlaybooks Author:Barack Obama
“I actually prepared Vice President Biden for his debate in the last election. I played Sarah Palin. It's a little tough debating a woman.” LittlesLastsPresidentToughElectionPreparedVicesDebateVice PresidentPalinBiden Author:Jennifer Granholm
“If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldn't see my young son and I couldn't see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience” IfsYoungFeltSportsWifeSonToughAreasElectionMy WifeYoung Sons Author:Imran Khan
“want to get to the substance of the book ["Thank You for Being Late"], but it is so closely connected to this presidential election. And you also wrote a series of columns during the campaign, very tough on Donald Trump. You called him a disgusting human being and now you're calling the election a moral 9/11 only 9/11 was done to us from the outside. We did this to ourselves.” WantHumansBookDoneHuman BeingsMoralTrumpCallingLateToughElectionSeriesConnectedCampaignsSubstancePresidentialDisgustingColumnsPresidential Election Author:George Stephanopoulos
“If I may, to underline first of all that I am very much impressed that in spite of the very tough election campaign, this transition period in the United States of America follows democratic principles and is all about the American people. It's about the destiny of the American people.” PeopleIfsFirstsMayStatesAmericaUnitedPrinciplesDestinyUnited StatesPeriodsToughElectionDemocraticCampaignsSpiteTransitionImpressedUnited States Of America Author:Angela Merkel
“There are many reasons why the Russians prefer Donald Trump.I think, in the first instance, they wanted to tear down Secretary Clinton. They, I think, despised her remarks about the flawed 2011 elections in Russia. They feared that she would be very tough on Russia in terms of sanctions.” ThinkingReasonTermTearsToughElectionClintonSecretaryFlawed Author:Adam Schiff
“When I think about what I'm going through, as President, it doesn't compare to what the folks that I'm representing are going through. They're losing jobs. They're trying to figure out how to pay their medical bills. They've seen retirements suddenly dissipate because of what's happening in the stock market. And so as tough as the job might be, and the politics of Washington can sometimes be I'm always reminded of how fortunate I am to be here, and what an extraordinary responsibility I have to try to deliver on some of the promises that I made during the election.” ThinkingTryingSometimesPresidentResponsibilityPromiseLosingToughElectionExtraordinaryMedicalCompareRetirement Author:Barack Obama
“I've often heard the complaint from both Democrat and Republican voters alike that they hate the fact that politicians get into office and they - and they're fearful, they're fearful to make tough decisions because they think more about the next election than they do about the next-generation.” ThinkingFactsHateNextDecisionGenerationsHeardPoliticianRepublicanOfficeToughElectionDemocratVotersFearfulComplaintsNext GenerationTough DecisionsMaking Tough Decisions Author:Scott Walker