Richard V. Allen Quotes

• We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with other Americans, can never consent to – be the bearers of the redress offered by that Society to that much afflicted.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Society

  Tags in Same, Born

• Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with his policies and practices, and are able to interpret his wishes regarding the structure and staffing of the new Administration.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Effort

  Tags in New, Able

• Unlike the Reagan and Bush Administrations, with but one exception, the Clinton administration failed to reach out to Republicans in creating a new team, and eventually paid a political price.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in New, Political, Team

• This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Country, Mother

  Tags in Free

• The single most important aspect of the Transition involves the selection of personnel to manage the transfer of responsibility. The law provides roughly ten weeks to accomplish this process.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Important, Single, Law

• The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to the Democrats in some areas, notably foreign and national security policy.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Successful, Times, Security

• The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Person, Leader, Team

• The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because ‘people are policy’), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been some successful transitions that upheld high standards.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Successful, Important, Choice

• The ‘transition’ involves the transfer of power from one president to another. In recent times, the incoming President has designated a Director of the Transition, a team leader, to oversee and administer the orderly transfer of power.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Power

  Tags in Another, Leader

• Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and to acquaint the incoming administration with the civil servants and bureaucracy that will remain in place in the new Administration.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in New, Government, Place

• Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Failure

  Tags in Winner, State

• Naming a transition team varies with the intentions of the candidate; some candidates have been careful to name a transition team as much as a year in advance.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Team, Year, Name

• Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992, lingered in naming its team, and as a result, took almost a year to staff its ranks.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Team, Year, Almost

• In this context, I believe it is an imperative for the new President to select and install his team as quickly as possible, and this does not imply that he must or should appoint members of the ‘other’ party to his Cabinet, which could contribute to inaction and inefficiency.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Believe, Must, New

• In general, any incoming administration must carefully examine (‘vet’) its nominees for high public office.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Must, High, Public

• If you love your children, if you love your country, if you love the God of love, clear your hands from slaves, burden not your children or your country with them.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Children, Country, God

• If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Forward, New, Cannot

• I would argue that the next President, either Bush or Gore, should strike a ‘national’ posture, exhibiting generosity toward the defeated opponent, but proceeding with determination to implement an agenda.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Next, President

• ‘Favoritism’ is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President’s party.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Powerful, Friends, President

• Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to reward its adversaries.

  Richard V. Allen

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Friends, Both, Since

Richard V. Allen (23)

Birth:	1st November, 1936
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Richard Vincent Allen was the United States National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1982. Allen was born in 1936 in Collingswood, New Jersey. A graduate of Saint Francis Preparatory School in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, Allen received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Notre Dame.

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