Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Ron Brown.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Ronald Harmon Brown was an American politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Commerce during the first term of President Bill Clinton. Prior to this he was chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). He was the first African American to hold these positions. He was killed, along with 34 others in a 1996 plane crash in Croatia.
Politics, life, and business are not spectator sports. You have to get involved to get ahead. Most importantly, when you reach that level of success, keep the door open and the ladder down for others to follow.
Every new idea is impossibility until it is born.
To be fired for my faith would be a greater honor than to be fired because we didn't win enough games.