We have to repair that trust … I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the public trust.
BILL BRADLEYAl Gore clearly has the vision… it’s a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
More Bill Bradley Quotes
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Working with the UN’s diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars.
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Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
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I might lose because I wasn’t tall enough; I might lose because I wasn’t fast enough. But I wasn’t going to lose because I wasn’t ready.
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Leadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.
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When conflicts do break out, UN peacekeepers should play a role in defusing and settling them. Without giving up our sovereignty, we can help the UN with better training and better command and control in order to develop more effective peacekeeping forces.
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How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of the key.
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I like the rough impersonality of New York … Human relations are oiled by jokes, complaints, and confessions-all made with the assumption of never seeing the other person again.
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When the playing is over, one can sense that one’s youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game and youth are gone.
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People tell me, “I’m glad you said that.” But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily moral awakening as well as a commitment that leads to real change.
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Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.
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We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.
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For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don’t even know that they’re leaders.
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When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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A good coach must celebrate in private. He cannot gloat to the press after a victory or criticize heavily after defeat… His game is of such motivation and strategy that only a few people understand his craft.
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Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
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