Quotations that match 'president'.
The Archivist of the United States essentially works for the American people across partisan lines and not, regardless of which Administration nominates the person, for a particular President or political party. Allen Weinstein[ Across Administration American Archivist Essentially Lines Particular Partisan Party Person Political President Regardless States United Which Works]
I was able to do something that people can't do these days, which is to have quality time with the guys who were trying to be president and a number of them who got the job. Robert Scheer
[ Able Days Got Guys Job Number President Quality Something Them These Time Trying Were Which]
If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours. Belle Boyd
[ Allegiance Am Cause Crime Criminal Die Down Government Leave Lie Love Owing President Prison Rather South Such Than Then Would Yours]
We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out. Colin Powell
[ Able Afghan Al-Qaeda Back Come Control Could Country Government Hoped Make Out Place President Put Sure Taliban Under Work Would]
President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security. Randy Neugebauer
[ Bush Comes Decisions Making National President Record Right Security Track]
In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year. Baron Hill
[ Always Analysis Better Close Congressional Final Going Governor Presidential Probably Race Whether Would Year Yes]
This is my first visit to Africa, a region where President Bush has voiced a deep passion for fostering and encouraging economic development, investment and trade. Donald Evans
[ Africa Bush Deep Development Economic Encouraging First Fostering Investment Passion President Region Trade Visit Voiced Where]
I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this president, in the past year especially, is he is a fantastic candidate. Ed Gillespie
[ Appreciated Candidate Disrespectful Especially Fantastic Past Person Political President States Things United Want Year]
We had kind of a rocky start, but I spent a lot of time working with the President and handing him statistics and showing him what we were doing as we went along and kind of saying to him, you know, this is really important. Bruce Babbitt
[ Along Doing Had Handing Him Important Kind Know Lot President Really Rocky Saying Showing Spent Start Statistics Time Went Were Working]
In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that under the Constitution she believed that I could never run for president. Karen Hughes
[ Always Army Because Believed Born Constitution Could Daughter Fact France Mom Never Officer Overseas Paris President Run She Told Under]
Every President wants to do right. Lyndon B. Johnson
[ Every President Right Wants]
The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy? Dan Quayle
[ Day Faith Had Know Maturity Nation Other President Puppy Responsibility Rough Said Sense Show Some Something Then Times Want Will Would Your]
President Obama insists he's a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works. Fred Barnes
[ Economy Free Free-Market Guy How Insists Obama Obama President Really Understands Whether Wonder Works]
President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves. Richard M. Nixon
[ Above Born Both Common Fact Fortunate Johnson Lot Married Ourselves President Small Think Towns Were]
This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful. Pierce Brosnan
[ America Answer Been Bush Called Care Government Know Lot Man President Really Shameful Taking]
I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there. Sammy Davis, Jr.
[ Go Initially Nixon Opposed President Refused Vietnam War]
Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader. Marty Meehan
[ Bush Cheney Given Ground High International Leader Leadership Moral Occupy President States Under United Up Used Vice]
As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character. Tommy Franks
[ Bush Character Extremely High Judged Look Man President Think Ultimately Will]
The new rule of thumb is that 80% of a president's time must be spent in raising funds for their schools. James E. Rogers
[ Funds Must New President Raising Rule Schools Spent Their Thumb Time]
Tonight, I concurred with President Bush when he stated that the decisions on future involvement of U.S. troops in Iraq should be left to the Pentagon and not politicians in Washington. Howard Coble
[ Bush Decisions Future Involvement Iraq Left Pentagon Politicians President Should Stated Tonight Troops Washington]
I don't doubt a number of those ballots, of those votes that were cast for me, probably were intended for Vice President Gore. Pat Buchanan
[ Ballots Cast Doubt Gore Intended Number President Probably Those Vice Votes Were]
In the years since 9/11, more terrorists have been created through this President's policies than were captured or killed. There weren't any terrorists in Iraq in 2003, but there are now. Bill Pascrell
[ Any Been Captured Created Iraq Killed More Now Policies President Since Terrorists Than Through Were Weren Years]
I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values. Garry Kasparov
[ Country Democratic Inherited President Putin Records Steady Think Values Very]
I am proud to be the president of the state of Israel. Moshe Katsav
[ Am Israel President Proud State]
Rest assured that my support for any eventual reform package will be based firmly upon what is in the best interests of the people of Upstate New York, not any party or president. James T. Walsh
[ Any Assured Based Best Eventual Firmly Interests New Package Party President Reform Rest Support Upon Upstate Will York]
There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on. Harri Holkeri
[ Assembly Big Council Eye General His Issues Keep Kinds Must President Questions Reform Security Something These]
For example, a man who might not have enormous charisma, who could be president 40 years ago, and who was a deserving president, I don't know that George Washington would be a president today, I don't know that Abe Lincoln would, I don't know that Roosevelt would. Sydney Pollack
[ Abe Ago Charisma Could Deserving Enormous Example George Know Lincoln Man Might President Roosevelt Today Washington Would Years]
My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness and goodness of America. Jim Ramstad
[ America Both Celebrating Fellow Goodness Greatness Join Life Loss Man Minnesotans Mourning Personified President]
The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation, making remarks on the several parts as he went on, and showing that he had fully considered the whole subject, in all lights under which it had been presented to him. Salmon P. Chase
[ Been Considered Emancipation Fully Had Him His Lights Making Parts Presented President Proceeded Proclamation Read Remarks Several Showing Subject Then Under Went Which Whole]
The president took the advice of my East Texas grandmother: If you can skin a cat without getting the room all bloody, why not do it that way? Richard Land
[ Advice Bloody Cat East Getting Grandmother President Room Skin Texas Took Way Why Without]
It is very rewarding to serve the country by helping President Bush work to reduce the drug problem. John Walters
[ Bush Country Helping President Problem Reduce Rewarding Serve Very Work]
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying. Ronald Reagan
[ Age Ever His Jefferson Judge Never Once Only President Said Should Since Stopped Thomas Told Works Worrying]
This president has said this has to be a priority for our nation, protecting our food supply from terrorist acts, so he continues to provide the funding that is necessary. Mike Johanns
[ Acts Continues Food Funding Nation Necessary Our President Priority Protecting Provide Said Supply Terrorist]
The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think. James A. Garfield
[ Know Last Person President Really Think Want World]
President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office. Tom Allen
[ Big Bush Companies Energy Gift Helped Him Mercury Office President Put Rule]
Sharpton is not even on the Presidential primary ballot here in Louisiana. Tony Brown
[ Ballot Even Here Louisiana Presidential Primary Sharpton]
You're going to be hearing a lot about one scrappy president. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
[ Going Hearing Lot President Scrappy]
This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history. Helen Thomas
[ American Bush Ever George History President Worst]
Well, one thing that has happened is they have had a presidential election in Egypt which has represented progress. Now, we were not happy with everything that happened with the parliamentary elections, and it was not exactly a perfect presidential election in Egypt. Roger Wicker
[ Egypt Election Elections Everything Exactly Had Happened Happy Now Parliamentary Perfect Presidential Progress Represented Thing Well Were Which]
We are all the President's men. Henry A. Kissinger
[ Men President]
He may be president, but he still comes home and swipes my socks. Joseph P. Kennedy
[ Comes Home May President Socks Still]
On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening. Silvio Berlusconi
[ American Avoid Capabilities Contrary Convince Did Go Happening Numerous Occasions President Tried War Within]
In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership. Donald Rumsfeld
[ Command Consent Contacts Critical Experiences Help His Lead Leadership Must Our Personal Persuade President Shape System Thinking Thus]
I do not personally agree with some of the positions that Mr. Gonzales has advocated, but that should come as no surprise, because I do not agree with many of the proposals made by the man who nominated him, President Bush. Daniel Inouye
[ Advocated Agree Because Bush Come Gonzales Him Made Man Many Mr Nominated Personally Positions President Proposals Should Some Surprise]
He didn't want to tell his son what to do, but told me to write the president a letter. I didn't name a country, but there are many countries we have a fragile relationship with. George Herbert Walker
[ Countries Country Fragile His Letter Many Name President Relationship Son Tell Told Want Write]
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
[ Adversely Affecting American Assumed Because Cannot Develop Easily Economy Every Forward Move Narrow Nations New Other Our Perception President Sector Sense Simply Society Uncertainty Unease Victory Widely]
How can we help President Obama? Fidel Castro
[ Help How Obama Obama President]
Look, when you're the president, there's all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it's just the nature of the job. George W. Bush
[ Job Just Kinds Look Mean Nature President Said Things Us]
Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.' Bill Maher
[ After Big Bush Case Destroy Intervention Iraq Liquor Make Missiles Now Out Please Pouring President Pull Said Same Says Show Then Trick Under Used Will]
If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back. Ulysses S. Grant
[ Back Happens Him President See Tell Turning Whatever Will]
People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got. Richard M. Nixon
[ Crook Earned Everything Got Know President Their Well Whether]
I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president was important. Rahm Emanuel
[ Allowed Believe Establish Help Important President Record Side]
The president really shouldn't be involved in terms of dictating what course the investigation should take. Janet Reno
[ Course Dictating Investigation Involved President Really Should Take Terms]
The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not. Lamar Alexander
[ Becoming Charge Governor Job Looks Mayor More President University Used Which]
There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S. James K. Polk
[ Among Any Became Before Conception Congress Had Less Members More President Principle Selfishness Than]
I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it. George H. W. Bush
[ Been Believe Better Cia Going Having Much President]
Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either. Jesse Owens
[ Although Either Hands Hitler House Invited President Shake White]
Well, he can't be dumb, I mean, because he's been president for four years and he's president again, so you're going to get caught out if you're really bad, aren't you? Unless millions and millions of Americans are dumb. John Newcombe
[ Again Americans Bad Because Been Caught Dumb Four Get Going Mean Millions Out President Really Unless Well Years]
We know that Europe loves President Obama. He had adoring crowds. The press loves Obama. The question is how will this date end? Okay? The question is, to what end? Why do they love President Obama? They love his personal story, they love his wife. North Korea, China and Russia don't really care about Michelle's arms and, you know, whether they gave an iPod to the Queen, okay? Laura Ingraham
[ Adoring Arms Care China Crowds Date End Europe Gave Had His How Ipod Know Korea Love Loves Michelle North Obama Obama Okay Personal President Press Queen Question Really Russia Story Whether Why Wife Will]
There has been an awful lot of time and money spent looking at the president over the last four years The American people saw through those investigations. They voted for the president. And despite all of this time and attention, nothing has turned up because the president and the first lady did nothing wrong. George Stephanopoulos
[ American Attention Awful Because Been Despite Did First Four Investigations Lady Last Looking Lot Money Nothing Over President Saw Spent Those Through Time Turned Up Voted Wrong Years]
I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway. Star Jones
[ Anyway Elect Em Guess Him Listen Majority President Says]
I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions. Bianca Jagger
[ Believe Bush Dangerous Diplomatic Leaders Most Peaceful President Search Solutions World]
The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court. Ralph Neas
[ Bush Court Decades Decisions Future Made Nation President Senate Shaped Supreme Will]
Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the council, at the demand of the king, were not approved of for successors. Lajos Kossuth
[ Approved Council Demand Hungarian King Ministers Names President Resigned Submitted Successors Upon Were]
I have just come from the castle, where I have seen the president of the republic, and I can tell you that he has accepted all of my proposals without making any changes. Klement Gottwald
[ Accepted Any Castle Changes Come Just Making President Proposals Republic Seen Tell Where Without]
Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so. Bob Geldof
[ Accept Actually Administration Africa Again American Any Because Bush Defend Done Empirically France Had Ideology More Political President Refuse Than Their Today]
Now, China, India have set goals. We're going to be able to review what they're doing. We're going to be able to challenge them if they don't meet those goals. We're going to pursue this anyway, because the President understands that our future lies with a clean energy economy. We've doubled renewables this year. There are millions of jobs to be had there, more energy security, so we're going to pursue this. David Axelrod
[ Able Anyway Because Challenge China Clean Doing Doubled Economy Energy Future Goals Going Had India Jobs Lies Meet Millions More Now Our President Pursue Review Security Set Them Those Understands Year]
The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control. Paul Weyrich
[ Control Getting Know President Serious Short Spending Time Under]
We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled. The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached. Cindy Sheehan
[ Been Being Changed Every False Handled Happy Haven His Objective Over President Proven Reached Reason Reasons Time War Way]
President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone. William Westmoreland
[ Alone Broaden Brothers Did Johnson Leave North President South Their Vietnam Vietnamese Want Wanted War]
If the president is going to use so much language of theology and the Bible, then let's use that language for a serious discussion about the war in Iraq. And that was never done. Jim Wallis
[ Bible Discussion Done Going Iraq Language Much Never President Serious Then Theology Use War]
Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one. Valerie Jarrett
[ Begin Challenges Daunting Day Elect Face Given Important Obama Obama Power Prepared President Really Rule Take]
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
[ Administer Another Designated Director Incoming Involves Leader Orderly Oversee Power President Recent Team Times Transfer Transition]
I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson. Stephen Ambrose
[ Andrew Ever Had Johnson Nixon Only Perhaps President Save Thought Worst]
Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty. Hubert H. Humphrey
[ Absolute Administration Anyone Choice Expects Government His Independent Knowledge Loyalty Marriage Political Politics Position President Simply Take Thinks Vice-President Your]
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. Lyndon B. Johnson History
[ Being Jackass Nothing President Stand Take]
This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic. James Bovard
[ Above Case Law Longer Permitted President Republic Then]
I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits. John Podesta
[ Arguments Believe Clinton Considered His Judgment Legal Merits Pardon President Rendered Them Understood Unwise Wise]
Well, it was a typical meeting with the President. He was very gracious, very outgoing. Lew Wasserman
[ Gracious Meeting Outgoing President Typical Very Well]
I think he intends to run for president... I think Senator McCain cares about the opinions of New Hampshire voters. Pat Toomey
[ Cares Hampshire Intends Mccain New Opinions President Run Senator Think Voters]
If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there is a very high level of consistency, and there is a sense that he is who he is. Obama's governing is completely consistent with the way he campaigned and the themes on which he campaigned, the issues he highlighted, the vision he shared. David Axelrod
[ Campaigned Completely Consistency Consistent Governing High Issues Level Look Minute Obama Obama President Running Sense Shared Started Struck Themes Through Today Very Vision Way Which]
The longer the president goes without telling his side of the story, the more unease there will be in the public. George Stephanopoulos
[ Goes His Longer More President Public Side Story Telling Unease Will Without]
But I do think it's unwise, and it - to build a mosque at the site where 3,000 Americans lost their lives as a result of a terrorist attack. And I think to me it demonstrates that the - that Washington, the White House, the administration, the President himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of America. John Cornyn
[ Administration America Americans Attack Build Demonstrates Disconnected Himself House Lives Lost Mainstream President Result Seems Site Terrorist Their Think Unwise Washington Where White]
The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president. Dean Acheson
[ Aspect Between Both Important Most President Relationship Secretary State Understand]
One of the problems we saw in the last presidential election in our party is that our nominee, while winning the election, which we ought never to forget, often lost sight of the difference between strategy and tactics. Paul Begala
[ Between Difference Election Forget Last Lost Never Nominee Often Ought Our Party Presidential Problems Saw Sight Strategy Tactics Which While Winning]
President Clinton signed a $10 million deal to write a book by 2003. Isn't that amazing? Yes, and get this, not only that, President Bush signed a $10 million deal to read a book by 2003. Conan O'Brien
[ Amazing Book Bush Clinton Deal Get Million Only President Read Signed Write Yes]
And we ought to work our diplomacy first and I think it's a reason it's going to respond increasingly to our diplomacy particularly with the president's direct involvement in the peace process, and I think that's extraordinarily important. Frank Carlucci
[ Diplomacy Direct Extraordinarily First Going Important Increasingly Involvement Ought Our Particularly Peace President Process Reason Respond Think Work]
The first thing you need to run for President is a budget of around $20 million dollars a day. Rob Walton
[ Around Budget Day Dollars First Million Need President Run Thing]
No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure. James K. Polk
[ Any Duties Faithfully His Leisure Performs President]
I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people. Jim Wallis
[ Austin Compassionate Conservatism Desire Faith Faith-Based His Initiative Meeting Met Poor President President-Elect Something Spoke Would]
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?" Will Rogers
[ Best Country Every Get How Job Man Morning President Say Up Vice-President]
I think with new president Chris Pook of CART, he is very active and strong. Emerson Fittipaldi
[ Active Cart Chris New President Strong Think Very]
Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems. Sidney Blumenthal
[ Applied Bill Clinton Faced Great His Innovative Line Own Presidents Problems Progressive Realities Solutions Time]
I am ready and prepared to work with the President, but I will not be a rubber stamp for any president. Daniel Inouye
[ Am Any Prepared President Ready Rubber Stamp Will Work]
Small businesses drive this economy and it is unacceptable that the President's budget proposal does not give them the tools they need to be successful. Solomon Ortiz
[ Budget Businesses Does Drive Economy Give Need President Proposal Small Successful Them Tools Unacceptable]
Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events. Barbara Olson
[ Ability Attention Attract Authority Events Himself His Influence Just Kind Obsessed Own Pardon Perks Power Presidential Significance Someone Special Would]
I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either. Trent Lott
[ Country Either Followed Had Him Lead Our Over President Problems Proud Ran Rest Say State These Voted Want Years]
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. John W. Gardner Politics
[ Campaigns Congressional Dollars Government May Million Out Over Pay Presidential Sale Two Up Virtually]
I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the cancer was not removed the president himself would be killed by it. John Dean
[ Began Cancer Growing Himself Killed Presidency President Removed Telling Would]
The president's budget request today demonstrates his unwillingness to come clean on the true costs of his agenda. A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter. Mary Landrieu
[ Agenda Budget Clean Come Costs Day Demonstrates Earned End His Owe Penny President Quarter Request Saved Still Today True Unwillingness]
Well, I think the reality is that as you study - when President Kennedy cut marginal tax rates, when Ronald Reagan cut marginal tax rates, when President Bush imposed those tax cuts, they actually generated economic growth. They expanded the economy. They expand tax revenues. Mike Pence
[ Actually Bush Cut Cuts Economic Economy Expand Expanded Generated Growth Imposed Kennedy Marginal President Rates Reagan Reality Revenues Ronald Study Tax Think Those Well]
We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards, aggressively exerting control over the moon. We can best do this by going there. Wilson Greatbatch
[ Aggressively Best Control Exemplified Exerting Going Good Just Kennedy Kind Leadership Moon Must Need Over President Stewards]
My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it. Kevin J. Anderson
[ Accountant Bank Course Dad Determined Freelance Just Life Mom Practical President See Seeking Think Very Writer]
The real truth is that the Obama administration is professional at bullying, as we have witnessed with ACORN at work during the presidential campaign. It seems to me they are sending down their bullies to create fist fights among average American citizens who don't want a government-run health care plan forced upon them. Jon Voight
[ Acorn Administration American Among Average Bullies Bullying Campaign Care Citizens Create Down During Fights Fist Forced Health Obama Obama Plan Presidential Professional Real Seems Sending Their Them Truth Upon Want Witness]
By Rice's own standards, the war was well underway by the time he took office. He was a war president the moment he took the oath. But did he act like one? Howard Fineman
[ Act Did Moment Oath Office Own President Rice Standards Time Took Underway War Well]
Two years before the last election you nor anyone else would have predicted that Barack Obama was going to get elected president of the United States. David Axelrod
[ Anyone Barack Before Elected Election Else Get Going Last Nor Obama Obama Predicted President States Two United Would Years]
I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate. Helen Thomas
[ Convince Could Covered Credibility Decided Govern Had Longer More Nixon Now Once Persuade Presidents Seem Should Think Tolerant Tolerate Two]
The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day. Adlai E. Stevenson
[ Best Day President Reason Running Shave States Think Twice United]
It is irresponsible for this Congress to not investigate the President's lack of an exit strategy, and the fraud, waste, and abuse of U.S. tax dollars. Russ Carnahan
[ Abuse Congress Dollars Exit Fraud Investigate Irresponsible Lack President Strategy Tax Waste]
Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch. Craig Kilborn
[ Attacking Breaking Broken Bush Campaign Carbon Clinton Couch Cut Demanded Dioxide Emissions Habit Hillary His Made Night Out President Promise Saying Senator She Spend Then]
This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way. Jon Voight
[ America Before Country Era Ever Every Forbid God Live More Mr Needs Obama Obama Our Perilous President See Seen Socialist Strong Than Through Time United Way Weakened Will World]
One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. Lyndon B. Johnson
[ Beat Better Course Go Golf Learn Lesson Never Out Politics President Want]
Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel. Fred Barnes
[ Angry Associated Balk Bin Bush Chance Clinton Decisions Decisive Did Eliminate Had Laden Make Nerves Normally Obama Obama Osama Passed Presidents Steel Strong Trait Unpopular Up Willing]
One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy. Hillary Clinton
[ After Appoints Around Built Bush Career Day Dismantling Dr Federal His Jr Judge King Laying Legacy Luther Martin President Tomb]
I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan. Pat Boone
[ Around Backed Because Best Caused Causes Changed Collapse Communism Continuing Country Economy Mood Off President Reagan Ronald Stood Them Think Up Whole World]
The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions. Gore Vidal
[ Behaviour Bush Certainly Gives President Rise September Suspicions Unnatural]
So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington. Brian Mulroney
[ California Control Environmentalist Everything Happens Himself Political President Problem Rancher Reagan States United Washington]
I am confident that I can serve my country without being involved as the president of the country now. Jean-Bertrand Aristide
[ Am Being Confident Country Involved Now President Serve Without]
If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators. Eleanor Clift
[ Come Former Governors Look Presidents Senators Where]
You are the first President to whom the opportunity was ever offered constitutionally to inaugurate such a day. If you fail us now, you may be the last. Jay Alan Sekulow
[ Constitutionally Day Ever Fail First Inaugurate Last May Now Offered Opportunity President Such Us Whom]
Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way. Laura Bush
[ Challenges Country Decisions Difficult Every Faced Fought Had Harm Make Men Our President Put September Since Terror Those Us Very War Way Well Women Young]
President Reagan always gave the credit to the American people and American ideals. He treated his job as a valuable temporary loan from the American people, a loan that should be respected and returned with dutiful appreciation. William L. Jenkins
[ Always American Appreciation Credit Dutiful Gave His Ideals Job Loan President Reagan Respected Returned Should Temporary Treated Valuable]
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. John F. Kennedy Parenting
[ Become Grow Mothers Politicians President Process Sons Their Them Up Want]
Rather than hearing from the city council president, you'd hear from sources all across the country. Jack Kelley
[ Across City Council Country Hear Hearing President Rather Sources Than]
You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son. Michael Reagan
[ Dad Father Governor Him Knew Know Name President Proud Reagan Ronald Son]
When 25 percent of the population believe the President should be impeached and 51 percent of the population believe in UFOs, you may or may not need a new President, but you definitely need a new population. Harry Reasoner
[ Believe Definitely Impeached May Need New Percent Population President Should Ufos]
Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States. James K. Polk History
[ Action Almost Although Chief Chosen His Magistrate Measures Must Necessity Official Only Party Pledged President Principles Should Stand States United Whole Yet]
You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda deputies, but he and his team gave top priority to their original plan to invade Iraq. Bill Nelson
[ Afghanistan After Al-Qaeda Bin Capturing Deputies Finished Focus Gave His Invade Iraq Job Kept Laden Original Plan President Priority Team Their Thought Top Would]
I think Barack Obama is a one-term President. Dick Cheney
[ Barack Obama Obama President Think]
When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics. Lee H. Hamilton
[ American Anything Aware Because Clinton Discreet Government Highest Impact Level Person Politics President Profound Publicly Says Talking Think Very World]
The fact of the matter is it's very reasonable to ask the wealthiest estates to pay their share. We did that since Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican president. Chris Van Hollen
[ Ask Did Estates Fact Matter Pay President Reasonable Republican Roosevelt Share Since Teddy Their Very Wealthiest]
We're making this as entertainment. But God willing, if this show stays on and people see a woman in that office for a while, I think it will help people become more used to it. It's certainly about time that we had a few female presidents. Geena Davis
[ Become Certainly Entertainment Female Few God Had Help Making More Office Presidents See Show Stays Think Time Used While Will Willing Woman]
Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear? Andrew Greeley
[ Agencies Because Better Deliberately Dumb Especially Essential Hear Him Intelligence Lied Much President Taken Than Those Thought Told Wanted War Would]
President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values. George Soros
[ American Bush Endangering Hurting Interests Our President Safety Undermining Values Vital]
President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress. Valerie Jarrett
[ Builds Celebrates Common Diversity Ground Instinctively Make Obama Obama President Progress Seeks Yet]
President Bush has said that the ecomnomy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs. Tom Daschle
[ Bush China Commute Get Growing Jobs Know Long Out President Said Those]
As parties began to develop around the turn of the 19th century, you had party nominees for President nominated in caucuses made up of party members in Congress. Michael Beschloss
[ Around Began Century Congress Develop Had Made Members Nominated Nominees Parties Party President Turn Up]
Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year. Arlen Spector
[ Advocacy Austere Budget Bush Care Education Fair Fiscal Get Health Indispensable Next President Safety Share Strong Their Will Worker Year]
I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies. Condoleezza Rice
[ Allies American Anybody Cannot Certainly Countries Dictator His Hussein Lies Obligated Our President Regime Saddam Safety Security Take Think Word Worry]
I'm very pleased with the job President Bush is doing and he's off to a terrific start. John Engler
[ Bush Doing Job Off Pleased President Start Terrific Very]
The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail. Elliot Richardson
[ Asset Bargaining Chance Chances Conviction First Had His However Jail Line Next Ordinary Person Presidency President Resign Saw Take Then Trial Vice Would]
The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not give a minority of senators any right to interfere with that process. John Jay Hooker
[ Advice Any Appoint Consent Constitution Does Give Gives Interfere Majority Minority Plainly Power President Process Right Senate Senators Upon]
I don't want my president to be a TV star. You don't have to be on television every minute of every day - you're the president, not a rerun of 'Law & Order'. TV stars are too worried bout being popular and too concerned about being renewed. Bill Maher
[ Amp Being Bout Concerned Day Every Law Minute Order Popular President Renewed Star Stars Television Too Tv Want Worried]
Mr. President, it may surprise my colleagues, but I am no fan of federal disaster programs for agriculture. They are difficult to pass and often a disaster to implement. Pat Roberts
[ Agriculture Am Colleagues Difficult Disaster Fan Federal Implement May Mr Often Pass President Programs Surprise]
For example, I spent a lot of time with Reagan, both before he ran for governor and when he was running for president. As a print reporter without the cameras, I was able to really test the quality of their minds and their knowledge base. Robert Scheer
[ Able Base Before Both Cameras Example Governor Knowledge Lot Minds President Print Quality Ran Reagan Really Reporter Running Spent Test Their Time Without]
I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I'm going to emerge then submerge. George W. Bush
[ Arena Book Country Criticize Desire Emerge Former Giving Going Good His Just Know Limelight Opinions President Public See Selling Start Successor Then Think Until Zero]
The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. Henry B. Adams
[ American Commander Course Grasp Helm Must Port President Resembles Sea Seek Ship Steer]
In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost. Kim Y. Sam
[ Authority Before Day Law Lost Now President Ruled]
Our findings with reference to organized crime was that organized crime as an entity didn't participate in the assassination of the president. However, we were unable to preclude the possibility of individual members of organized crime having participated. Louis Stokes
[ Assassination Crime Entity Findings Having However Individual Members Organized Our Participate Participated Possibility Preclude President Reference Unable Were]
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. Andrew Jackson
[ Constitution Entire Executive Government Laws Power Practice President Settled States United Vested Whole]
At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States. Olympia Snowe
[ Attack Determination Displayed Ever Extraordinary Him History Leadership Our President Resolve Soil States Thrust Time United Unprecedented Upon Worst]
The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot. Herman Wouk
[ Able Everybody Gives Him Long Mind President Quick Shot Though]
This President is going to lead us out of this recovery. Dan Quayle
[ Going Lead Out President Recovery Us]
Second, the President's popularity has not translated into increased support for the Republican party or for the policies and approaches on domestic policy championed by the President. Thomas E. Mann
[ Approaches Domestic Increased Into Party Policies Policy Popularity President Republican Second Support Translated]
If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France. Robert Altman
[ Bush Elected France George Leaving President]
I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins. James Baker
[ Elections Frustrating Lose Margins Narrow Personally Presidential Understand]
President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn't kill anybody and he didn't get anyone killed. Andrew Young
[ Anybody Anyone Because Carter Citizen Considered Get Ironically Jimmy Kill Killed President Soldier Weak]
Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war. Robert Higgs
[ Century Earlier End Going Intentions Misled Motives Nineteenth Presidents Public Since Their War]
Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions. Stephen F. Lynch
[ Also Attorney Former Hey Lot Myself President Represented Union Unions]
In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end. Gerald R. Ford
[ Acts Always Best Candor Confidence End Expect Follow Full Honesty Instincts Openness Policy President Private Public Your]
I didn't realize the president was such an historian. Mark Shields
[ Historian President Realize Such]
The Democrats' plan for 2006? Take the House and Senate and impeach the president. With our nation at war, is this the kind of Congress you want? Ken Mehlman
[ Congress Democrats House Kind Nation Our Plan President Senate Take Want War]
It's been years, decades, since a president has lost a major trade initiative. That would be bad headlines. Gwen Ifill
[ Bad Been Decades Headlines Initiative Lost Major President Since Trade Would Years]
One of your tasks is to separate the "personal" from the "substantive." The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong. Donald Rumsfeld
[ Become Confused Especially Personal President Rubs Separate Someone Substantive Tasks Two Wrong Your]
Of the fellows least likely to be president, you'd have to vote Jack No. 1. George Smathers
[ Fellows Jack Least Likely President Vote]
Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions. Rick Santorum
[ America American Americans Antipathy Apologize Arrogance Audience Before Convince Deep-Seated Freedom French Helped Last Obama Obama Owes President Sacrifices Toward Traditions Values Watching Week]
As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs that subsidize amoral and degrading activities. Gary Bauer
[ Activities Amoral Arts Degrading End Endowment Funds National Once Other President Programs Promote Subsidize Taxpayer Use Will]
I heard Dennis Kucinich say in a debate, 'When I'm president... and I just wanted to stop him and say, 'Dude.' Jon Stewart
[ Debate Dennis Dude Heard Him Just President Say Stop Wanted]
We should remember the campaign advertising will be only a smaller portion of the President's total exposure. Robert Teeter
[ Advertising Campaign Exposure Only Portion President Remember Should Smaller Total Will]
The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking in Iraq. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Ferdinand Mount
[ Action Afghanistan Been Being Damned Denounced Does Iraq Kind Passionately Pre-Emptive President Taking]
If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine. Arlen Specter
[ Alive Cancer Cured Declared Had Including Jack Lives Many Mine Nixon President Prolonged Pursued Research Saved Strains Think Today War Would]
If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society. Strom Thurmond
[ Been Begun Believe Big Deal Different Elected Government Great Growth Had History New President Society Stemmed Vastly Which Would]
The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant. Sherrod Brown
[ Americans Asked Authority Calls Eavesdrop His International Nsa Obtaining Phone President Warrant Without]
Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under control and keep the economy moving in the right direction, with economic growth and job creation activity. Thad Cochran
[ Activity Budget Called Clearly Control Creation Direction Economic Economy Get Going Growth Job Keep Moving President Right Spending Submitted Think Tight Under Us Well]
One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned. Ed Gillespie
[ Campaigned Clinton Did First Govern Had His President Term Two Years]
As president of the United States, my top priority will be to keep America safe. We're going to go after the terrorist networks. We're going to go after Osama bin Laden. We are not going to live in fear in this country. Wesley Clark
[ After America Bin Country Fear Go Going Keep Laden Live Networks Osama President Priority Safe States Terrorist Top United Will]
The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush. John Spratt
[ Bush Concerned Country Course Federal Fellows Government Our President Reckoning Right Taking Under Young]
I am committed to ensure that our 2008 Republican presidential candidates forthrightly address issues of importance to the African-American community. Ken Mehlman
[ Address African-American Am Candidates Committed Community Ensure Forthrightly Importance Issues Our Presidential Republican]
The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war. Townsend Harris
[ Dangerous Japanese More Opium President States Than Thinks United War]
The President must stop gambling with taxpayers' money and get the country back on the path of fiscal sanity. Tom Harkin
[ Back Country Fiscal Gambling Get Money Must Path President Sanity Stop Taxpayers]
Presidential money is almost like the housing bubble. It's growing at such an astronomical rate, you think it can't get any bigger. Chuck Todd
[ Almost Any Astronomical Bigger Bubble Get Growing Housing Money Presidential Rate Such Think]
So, if you're doing good longform with talented people than you can step out and you can be the president or a construction worker and people accept that. It's really the roles you give yourself. Amy Poehler
[ Accept Construction Doing Give Good Out President Really Roles Step Talented Than Worker Yourself]
In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone. Donald Rumsfeld
[ Decisions Execution Fact His Presidential Tone True Views Work]
Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well! Barbara Bush
[ Audience Day Even Follow Footsteps Him House May Out Over Preside President Someone Somewhere Spouse Well White Will Wish]
President Bush will come here and there will be new "friends" of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who "liberated" them. Robert Fisk
[ America Bush Come Economic Fortunes Friends Here Liberated New Open President Relationship Them Those Will World]
It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams
[ Account Allowed Anyone Capable Fact Facto Getting Job Least Made Must President Rule Should Suited Themselves Those Want Well-Known]
Every President hates the Press. Helen Thomas
[ Every Hates President Press]
Many of us in Congress have been calling on the Administration to articulate a bold mission for NASA. It seems that the President is answering that call. I wholeheartedly support his vision for going back to the moon, and from there to worlds beyond. Sheila Jackson Lee
[ Administration Answering Articulate Back Been Beyond Bold Call Calling Congress Going His Many Mission Moon Nasa President Seems Support Us Vision Wholeheartedly Worlds]
The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation. Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
[ Constitutional Current Embarrassing Law Places President Republic Situation]
We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they're never allowed to perpetrate such an evil act as they did. And so all of us are dealing with that. We know that the President has the authority to go to war under the War Powers Act. Barbara Lee
[ Act Agree Allowed Authority Bring Dealing Did Evil Go Got Justice Know Make Never Perpetrate Powers President Such Sure Terrorists These Under Us War]
I believe we will elect a new President in 2012. Newt Gingrich
[ Believe Elect New President Will]
You know, I respect what Howard Dean has been able to do. It's good for our party. But I've got to tell you this: If money alone decided presidential nominations, Phil Gramm would have been nominated in '96. Joe Lieberman
[ Able Alone Been Dean Decided Good Got Howard Know Money Nominated Nominations Our Party Phil Presidential Respect Tell Would]
We're committed to working with Congress to doing what the president said he was always going to do, which is cut the deficit in half over the - over his first term. Christina Romer
[ Always Committed Congress Cut Deficit Doing First Going Half His Over President Said Term Which Working]
Look, if America - if being an American means anything, it means not having to lie under oath, not even for the president. Linda Tripp
[ America American Anything Being Even Having Lie Look Means Oath President Under]
There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president. Donella Meadows
[ Been Committed Congress Crimes High Misdemeanors President Prosecutor Special]
I think I'd make a better president than George Bush. I'll tell you what, George Bush and Dick Cheney have been to jail more times than I have, and I used to shoot heroin, now what does that tell you? Dave Mustaine
[ Been Better Bush Cheney Does George Jail Make More Now President Shoot Tell Than Think Times Used]
I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States. Carol Moseley Braun
[ Attention Believe Big Challenge Frankly Lot Paying President States Underestimating United Used Whole]
Get inside information from the president and you will probably lose half your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all of your money. Jim Rogers
[ Board Chairman Get Half Information Inside Lose Money President Probably Will Your]
Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns. Fred Thompson
[ Campaign Campaigns Chinese Congressional Fact Finance Involved Know Our Overlook Presidential Scandal Though Were]
If any of the beautiful people plan to vote for the president, they usually keep their secret to themselves. Suzanne Fields
[ Any Beautiful Keep Plan President Secret Their Themselves Usually Vote]
The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition. Nancy Pelosi
[ Assertions Basis Build Coalition Doctrine Embraced Evidence Failed History International Into Iraq Led Our Pre-Emptive President Radical True Unprecedented Us War Without]
You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk then it must be the executive vice president who is doing all the work. Harold S. Geneen
[ Clean Company Desk Doing Executive Keeps Kind Know Must Person President Then Vice Work]
I've played golf with three U.S presidents. Lee Trevino
[ Golf Played Presidents Three]
The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear states testing their weapons in our Pacific region. Jenny Shipley
[ Behind Decided Former Great Had Halt Hope Issue Nuclear Our Pacific President Put Region States Testing Their Us Weapons]
Whoever won't fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there. Lyndon B. Johnson
[ Back Calls Deserves Fight Him His Hole Kept Kicked President Whoever Won]
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Abraham Lincoln
[ Allow Choose Deem Him Invade Invasion Make May Nation Necessary Neighboring Pleasure President Purpose Repel Say Shall Such War Whenever]
Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation. Hamid Karzai
[ Afghan Ballot Choose Country Difference Direct Flow Implementation Legitimate Lot Once Over Power President Secret Their Vote Will]
The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign. Hugh Sidey
[ Analyzing Budget Campaign Clash Combat Consequence Cover Created Dry Duty Electoral Federal Legions Perpetual Politics Presidential Quit Reporters Thunder Want]
The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts. That's your money. Robert Byrd
[ American Borrow Come Directly Form Iraq Medicare Money Out President Receipts Security Social Taxpayer Wallets Wants Will Your]
When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote. Ben Nelson
[ Elected George National President Vote Washington]
This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war. Tom Daschle
[ Diplomacy Failed Forced Miserably Now President War]
We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do. Bill Moyers
[ Know Less More Our Presidents See]
I believe that Clinton is the most wicked and vile President that this nation has ever had. Randall Terry
[ Believe Clinton Ever Had Most Nation President Vile Wicked]
I wanted all my visits to be official. When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president. I found out years later that it did. Louis Freeh
[ Antagonize Back Did Found Had Idea Later Note Official Out Pass President Sent Visits Wanted Would Years]
And this system sorted out the Chechen war in just 20 days. This way, I used the President's power, he didn't use me. It wasn't hard for me to leave - it isn't my scene. I have nothing to do there. Aleksandr Lebed
[ Chechen Days Hard Just Leave Nothing Out Power President Scene Sorted System Use Used War Way]
Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish. Mitch McConnell
[ Accomplish American Center Happen Meet Political Politics President Things Us Will]
I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years. William Petersen
[ Become Chicago Damned Growing Know Life Live Mayor Now President Rest Ten Town Up Want Wanted Were Work Years]
And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well! Barbara Bush
[ Audience Day Even Follow Footsteps Him House Knows May Out Over Preside President Someone Somewhere Spouse Well White Will Wish]
There are only two ways to remove the president - if he violates the constitution or commits high treason. How could anyone accuse me of treason after I had terminated Israel's occupation of South Lebanon in 2000. Emile Lahoud
[ Accuse After Anyone Commits Constitution Could Had High How Israel Lebanon Occupation Only President Remove South Terminated Treason Two Violates Ways]
While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater. Earl Butz
[ Hater Nixon Popular President While]
I'm not saying my idea is the one and only idea. We should have other ideas, but the president has not laid down a specific plan as to how he's going to get us to solvency. I do that. Chuck Hagel
[ Down Get Going How Idea Ideas Laid Only Other Plan President Saying Should Solvency Specific Us]
Preserve the President's options. He may need them. Donald Rumsfeld
[ May Need Options Preserve President Them]
In general President Obama's policies have been very, very skewed and very, very extreme. Like on healthcare for example, I don't think that trying to ram healthcare through was a smart idea politically, because he wasted a lot of capital and now he doesn't have any of that same capital with even his own party that he used to have. Jonathan Krohn
[ Any Because Been Capital Even Example Extreme General Healthcare His Idea Lot Now Obama Obama Own Party Policies Politically President Ram Same Skewed Smart Think Through Trying Used Very Wasted]
The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny. John Ensign
[ Act Around Belief Bush Chance Choose Confirms Danger Democracy Enslavement Extreme Face Given Globe Iraqis Liberty Ordinary Over President Tyranny Voting Will]
I am convinced that I do not want to give up more power to the White House, whether it's George Bush or Barack Obama. And I'm going to fight as hard as I can against President Obama on these earmarks and my Republican colleagues who hate to vote for them, but love to get them. Harry Reid
[ Against Am Barack Bush Colleagues Convinced Earmarks Fight George Get Give Going Hard Hate House Love More Obama Obama Power President Republican Them These Up Vote Want Whether White]
The 2004 Election marks the first time in modern political history that Republican voter turnout matched Democratic turnout in a presidential election year. Jeff Miller
[ Democratic Election First History Marks Matched Modern Political Presidential Republican Time Turnout Voter Year]
I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President. Arlen Specter
[ Am Around Arrange Availability Must Pleased President Running Say Schedule Senate Senators]
You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings. George Will
[ American Combines Committee Fan Features Football Life Meetings President Punctuated Really Violence Want Worst]
Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change. Valerie Jarrett
[ Change Clear Climate Combat Effort Global Instead Lead Made Obama Obama President Ready Sidelines Sitting Us]
The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit. Mike Johanns
[ Amounts Because Been Continues Deal Deficit Federal Friend Goal Government Industry Invest Large Money President Really Savings Time True]
You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord. Barbara Bush Politics
[ All-Powerful Guidance Lord Lot May Needs President Think]
Firstly, we have personnel records of persons we hired, persons we fired, reasons we fired them and so forth. These records have nothing to do with the assassination of the president and, therefore, ought to remain in the files. Louis Stokes
[ Assassination Files Fired Firstly Forth Hired Nothing Ought Personnel Persons President Reasons Records Remain Them Therefore These]
Well, first of all, I was asked by Ross Perot on a telephone call in March of 1992 if, since he had committed on the Larry King Show to becoming a candidate for president, to get on all 50 ballots. James Stockdale
[ Asked Ballots Becoming Call Candidate Committed First Get Had King Larry March Perot President Ross Show Since Telephone Well]
This country was the moral leader of the world until George Bush became president. Howard Dean
[ Became Bush Country George Leader Moral President Until World]
During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches. Kate Smith
[ America Before Bless Committee Democratic During God National Presidential Primaries Received Request Sing Speeches]
The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it. Dean Smith
[ Alcohol College Colleges Courage Forward Get Limit Presidents Rid Some Sports Step]
Running for President is physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it's World War III. Walter F. Mondale
[ Demanding Emotionally Envisage Iii Mentally Most Physically President Running Single Spiritually Undertaking Unless War World]
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
[ Agenda Argue Bush Defeated Determination Either Exhibiting Generosity Gore Implement National Next Opponent Posture President Proceeding Should Strike Toward Would]
I've criticized President Bush for his failure to use his veto pen. There's plenty of blame to go around. The question is how to solve problems. It's not bailouts. What made America great? Free markets, free enterprise, manufacturing, job creation. That's how we're gonna do it, not by enlarging government. Scott Brown
[ America Around Blame Bush Creation Criticized Enlarging Enterprise Failure Free Go Gonna Government Great His How Job Made Manufacturing Markets Pen Plenty President Problems Question Solve Use Veto]
Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated. John Maynard Keynes
[ Looked President Seated Wiser]
Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head, John Conyers, says he doesn't understand it. It'll be passed by Congress that has not read it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a Treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, overseen by a Surgeon General who is obese, and financed by a country that's nearly broke. What could possibly go wrong? Rush Limbaugh
[ Broke Care Chief Committee Congress Could Country Financed Funded General Go Head Health His John Nearly Obama Obama Obese Passed Pay Plan Possibly President Read Says Signed Surgeon Taxes Treasury Understand Whose Will Wr]
Like father, like son, four years and this president is done. Dick Gephardt
[ Done Father Four President Son Years]
This has been on the schedule for a long time. You don't get President Clinton on a 24-hour notice. Jon Corzine
[ Been Clinton Get Long Notice President Schedule Time]
I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself. Monica Lewinsky
[ Mom More Myself President Than Then Worried]
This isn't just about today, this about generations to come. And you've got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since Theodore Roosevelt, and I think he's done it. Bruce Babbitt
[ Chance Come Conservation Done Generations Got Greatest Just President Roosevelt Since Theodore Think Today]
President Obama has embraced a partisan, polarizing strategy since day one when he chose hyper-partisan Rahm Emanuel to be his White House Chief of Staff. Rory Cooper
[ Chief Chose Day Embraced His House Obama Obama Partisan Polarizing President Since Staff Strategy White]
I am going to work with Tom Daschle. And I'll work with the Republican leaders and the president to try and come up with something that we can all be proud of. John Breaux
[ Am Come Going Leaders President Proud Republican Something Tom Try Up Work]
The only conduct that merits the drastic remedy of impeachment is that which subverts our system of government or renders the president unfit or unable to govern. Charles Ruff
[ Conduct Drastic Govern Government Impeachment Merits Only Our President Remedy Renders System Unable Unfit Which]
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'. Dan Quayle
[ Any Prepared Probably Responsibility Sums Up Vice-President Word]
The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them? Rush Limbaugh
[ Abortions Between Compromise Dame Death Delivered Extremist His Immoral Life Message Moral Morality Nothing Notre Number Obama Obama Occurring Position President Pro-Life Reduce Should Speech Them Where Why Work Wrong Yet]
The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself and we could of course dream about President Putin stepping down voluntarily and picking out successor which would be probably as bad as him. Garry Kasparov
[ Bad Could Course Down Dream Him Himself Only Out Picking President Probably Putin Stepping Successor Voluntarily Which Would]
It's clear enough that there was substantial fraud in Ohio, thus delivering the Electoral College vote for President Bush. George Galloway
[ Bush Clear College Delivering Electoral Enough Fraud Ohio President Substantial Thus Vote]
Some day I shall be President. Abraham Lincoln
[ Day President Shall Some]
I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them. Peter King
[ Abu After Anyone Approved Barack Ghraib Go Had High Highest Know Level Levels Moment Obama Obama President Somebody Them Thought Would]
As we celebrate President Reagan's remarkable career and historic legacy, we also celebrate a man of strong character, deep conviction, unforgettable charm, and wonderful wit. Jim Ramstad
[ Also Career Celebrate Character Charm Conviction Deep Historic Legacy Man President Reagan Remarkable Strong Unforgettable Wit Wonderful]
If I wanna be president, I probably can. Jesse Ventura
[ President Probably Wanna]
Nuclear arms is pretty scary because that could end the world. I'm more interested in that stuff than I am Bill Clinton. I mean, I think Bill Clinton is a good president. Stephen Dorff
[ Am Arms Because Bill Clinton Could End Good Interested Mean More Nuclear President Pretty Scary Stuff Than Think World]
The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.' Conan O'Brien
[ Any Army Asked Bidding Cheney Competitive Conceived Confirmed Contract Could Fighting Fire Firm Friends Gave Iraq Lucrative Once President Profiting Run Said Spokesman Vice War Without Yes]
If I am a Republican shill, wouldn't you think I am the least amount of a threat to the president? Jeff Gannon
[ Am Amount Least President Republican Think Threat]
I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. And I thank God that President Bush has stated, we need a Constitutional amendment that states that marriage is between a man and a woman. Jimmy Swaggart
[ Amendment Between Bush Constitutional God Knocking Lawmakers Man Marriage Need Our Pathetic Pitiful President Stated States Thank Woman]
In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history. Phil Donahue
[ Decide History Network President Shaving Situation Vice While Your]
The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves. Deng Xiaoping Politics
[ During Election Else Leaves Office Political President Says Something States System Takes Thing United]
Any politician who wants to run for president will come to me in a few years. Sun Myung Moon
[ Any Come Few Politician President Run Wants Will Years]
I head a nation of a million presidents. Chaim Weizmann
[ Head Million Nation Presidents]
The public's evaluation of the job George W. Bush is doing as president changed dramatically as a result of the horrific attacks of September 11 and his response in leading the country on a campaign against terrorism. Thomas E. Mann
[ Against Attacks Bush Campaign Changed Country Doing Dramatically Evaluation George His Horrific Job Leading President Public Response Result September Terrorism]
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. Albert Ellis
[ Best Blame Control Decide Destiny Ecology Life Mother Ones Own President Problems Realize Them Which Years Your]
We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's pretty much one himself. Robin Williams
[ Dictators English Get Himself Language Much President Pretty Rid Second Whom]
I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. Gary Hart Politics
[ Call Higher Office Patriot President Than Think Would]
When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency. Harry S. Truman
[ Get Gun Honors Presidency President Remember Things Those Twenty-One]
I would like to say that no man ever was given finer cooperation than that given me by President Truman. Paul Hoffman
[ Cooperation Ever Finer Given Man President Say Than Truman Would]
But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on principle, checking Washington's power and leading the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government. John Boehner
[ Accountable American Checking Costly Drive Expressed Find Government Leading Less Majority Make Mistake More New Our Power President Principle Smaller Standing Tonight Voice Washington Will]
You know, I start with the assumption that -or with, with the belief that this president has to succeed. We all have an enormous amount of capital invested in his success. His success is the country's success. Michael Bloomberg
[ Amount Assumption Belief Capital Country Enormous His Invested Know President Start Succeed Success]
There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation's laws by authorizing the NSA to engage in warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens. John Conyers
[ Authorizing Better Citizens Crisis Engage Fact Illustration Laws Nation Nsa Openly Our President Surveillance Than Violating]
I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, he's a distinguished senator and head of the Senatorial Campaign Committee and won some significant victories. He is a very attractive guy and would make a tremendous president. Pat Robertson
[ Allen Attractive Campaign Committee Distinguished George Governor Guy Head Make President Senator Significant Some Think Tremendous Very Victories Virginia Won Would]
The President also talked at length about how well the American economy is doing. Apparently, he got his information on this topic from his millionaire supporters. For the average working family, these are trying economic times. Jose Serrano
[ Also American Apparently Average Doing Economic Economy Family Got His How Information Length Millionaire President Supporters Talked These Times Topic Trying Well Working]
The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and fairly militant for the time and place. Julian Bond
[ Atlanta Branch Church Fairly Guy Middle-Class Militant Pastor Place President Reverend Sam Time Williams Wonderful]
I want to kill the president because I no like the capitalists. I have the gun in my hand, I kill kings and presidents first and next all capitalists. Giuseppe Zangara
[ Because Capitalists First Gun Hand Kill Kings Next President Presidents Want]
We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his lead in cutting the deficit in half over the next five years. Ken Mehlman
[ Cutting Deficit Five Followed Half His House Lead Next Over Pleased President Senate Size Which Why Worried Years]
In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history. Mark Shields
[ Both Bush Campaigns Citizens Contributions Election Example Fact Giving Highest History Individual Kerry Making Nation Our Presidential Saw Wonderful]
We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office. Ed Gillespie
[ Committee Donors First Maybe Million National Noting Office Phenomenon President Republican Seeing Since Time Today Tomorrow Took Wednesday Week Will Worth]
We promote domestic savings by also things like the personal accounts associated with the president's Social Security initiative, which over time would generate more savings. John W. Snow
[ Accounts Also Associated Domestic Generate Initiative More Over Personal President Promote Savings Security Social Things Time Which Would]
I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete. John Culberson
[ Complete Convinced Going Iraq Keeping Military Mission Our President States Support Troops United Until Vote]
The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin. Alphonso Jackson
[ Administration Basis Because Bush Capabilities Color Diverse Fills Her His History Jobs Most Person President Qualifications Skin]
Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that we sent the three pillars that the President's economic stabilization and job creation initiatives were education and innovation - innovation begins in the classroom - clean energy and climate, addressing the climate issues in an innovative way to keep us number one and competitive in the world with the new technology, and the third, first among equals I may say, is health care, health insurance reform. Nancy Pelosi
[ Addressing Again Among Beginning Begins Believe Care Classroom Clean Climate Competitive Creation Economic Education Energy Equals First Furthermore Health Initiatives Innovation Innovative Insurance Issues Job Keep May New Num]
I think it's a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu did that in South Africa. Martin Luther King Jr. did that here. This is a good thing. Jim Wallis
[ Action Africa Desmond Did Faith Good Here Into Jr King Leaders Luther Martin Political President Put South Their Thing Think Values Want]
Moreover, from reforming the tax code to our immigration system, to commonsense legal reform, President Bush put America on notice that he will continue fighting to make the country, and the world, a better place for future generations. Jim Sensenbrenner
[ America Better Bush Code Commonsense Continue Country Fighting Future Generations Immigration Legal Make Moreover Notice Our Place President Put Reform Reforming System Tax Will World]
I don't know the answer to that question. I don't think it matters to the fundamental question here because at bottom, this president believes in non-discrimination. Ken Mehlman
[ Answer Because Believes Bottom Fundamental Here Know Matters President Question Think]
I've done it 30 years. I don't know what there is to gain by doing it 40. But I think there is something about doing it over that length of time that says something. That's seven U.S. presidents and five presidents of McDonald's. Don Novello
[ Doing Done Five Gain Know Length Mcdonald Over Presidents Says Seven Something Think Time Years]
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. Johnny Carson
[ Anyone Democracy Grow Means President Up Vice]
Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense. George Gallup
[ Any Attention Effect Instrument Interpretation Leader Merely Nonsense Opinion Other Paying Pays Poll Polling President Public Results Views]
Lee was such a fine, high-class boy. If my son killed the president he would have said so. That's the way he was brought up. Marguerite Oswald
[ Boy Brought Fine High-Class Killed Lee President Said Son Such Up Way Would]
Nowhere, absolutely nowhere, has there ever been a hint, not even a whisper, that a Black person was involved in the assassination of the president. But that's the kind of thing you have in this movie. Louis Stokes
[ Absolutely Assassination Been Black Even Ever Hint Involved Kind Movie Nowhere Person President Thing Whisper]
The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who will reinterpret laws, and things can change. Johnnie Cochran
[ Appointed Appoints Change Children Court Judges Laws Lives President These Things Will Your]
I believe we can do more in making the President's vision for space exploration a reality by awarding cash prizes to encourage greater participation of the private sector in the national space program. Dana Rohrabacher
[ Believe Cash Encourage Exploration Greater Making More National Participation President Private Prizes Program Reality Sector Space Vision]
The great power the president has is that he is the most prominent person in the biggest media event on the planet. He has the attention of the nation and the world. When he speaks, everybody listens. David Frum
[ Attention Biggest Event Everybody Great Listens Media Most Nation Person Planet Power President Prominent Speaks World]
As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was in my twenties. I encountered a man who later became the president of the American Society of Medical Hypnosis. He couldn't hypnotize me. Theodore Sturgeon
[ American Became Concerned Encountered Far Had Hypnosis Later Man Medical President Problem Serious Society Twenties Very]
President Bush has had an outstanding Secretary of State in Colin Powell and there are not many people who could replace him, making Condoleezza Rice an excellent choice. Michael Crapo
[ Bush Choice Colin Condoleezza Could Excellent Had Him Making Many Outstanding Powell President Replace Rice Secretary State]
I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president. Hillary Clinton
[ Going Our Papers President Reporters Some Through]
President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness. Elton Gallegly
[ America Base Belief Economic Gave Gifts Grateful Greatness His Mourn Now Passing President Reagan Renewed Rest Safer Strong Us World]
That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president. Gore Vidal
[ American Bank Chase Loyal Manhattan President Retainer]
The president strongly believes that marriage in this country ought to be between a man and a woman. He also believes it is something that ought to be decided by the people. He doesn't believe that judges ought to impose their will on the people. Ken Mehlman
[ Also Believe Believes Between Country Decided Impose Judges Man Marriage Ought President Something Strongly Their Will Woman]
As president, I will bring all the parties and stakeholders together. I am going to come up with a solution that respects the environment and does not cause an upheaval in the economy. Al Gore
[ Am Bring Cause Come Does Economy Environment Going Parties President Respects Solution Together Up Upheaval Will]
Sure, President Bush can say that the U.S. government won't fund stem cell research, but believe me, Japan is applauding. Because they will just do it first and get all the patents. Kevin J. Anderson
[ Because Believe Bush Cell First Fund Get Government Japan Just Patents President Research Say Stem Sure Will Won]
The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional races. Robert McChesney
[ Been Campaigns Congressional Cost Every Four Leaping More Much Over Percent Presidential Races Than Think Twice Two Well Will Year Years]
People have criticised me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are. Marion Berry
[ Ask Assure Because Criticised Detail Kill Larger More Must President Security Than Want Yourself]
The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq. Robert Byrd
[ Administration Billions Comfort Continue Dollars Give Iraq Learned Little Mistakes Ongoing President Seeking Strife War]
I look forward to their convention and look forward to hearing the President talk about what he will do for the next four years. He hasn't done it up to this point. Harold Ford
[ Convention Done Forward Four Hasn Hearing Look Next Point President Talk Their Up Will Years]
If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house. Harry S. Truman
[ Been Ended Hadn House Piano Player President Probably States United Up Would]
I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute. Bruce Babbitt
[ Again Anything Chance Conservation Country Every Issues Minute Miss Opportunity Over President Serve Single These Work]
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. Gore Vidal Politics
[ American Any Automatically Definition Disqualified Doing Ever Prepared President Run Should]
I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I'm not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings. Dan Quayle
[ Close Deal Great Loyal Meetings Personal Plant President Relationship Say Spend These Time Very]
And I think the American people look to the leaders to lead. They look to the leaders to take on the big problems. And the president deserves a lot of credit for doing that. John W. Snow
[ American Big Credit Deserves Doing Lead Leaders Look Lot President Problems Take Think]
Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. Trent Reznor
[ Apparently Image Mtv Offensive Our President]
The president said that he would unite this country, that he was a uniter, not a divider. Have you ever seen America more divided? Have you ever seen Washington more divided? John Edwards
[ America Country Divided Ever More President Said Seen Unite Washington Would]
Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention. Molly Ivins
[ Attention Next Pay Please President Should Someone States Tell Texas Time United]
The stronger Hillary is, the weaker she is. The more she seems like a likely presidential winner, the more difficult the senate race becomes in New York. It's perfect. Dick Morris
[ Becomes Difficult Hillary Likely More New Perfect Presidential Race Seems Senate She Stronger Weaker Winner York]
Apparently Arnold was inspired by President Bush, who proved you can be a successful politician in this country even if English is your second language. Conan O'Brien
[ Apparently Arnold Bush Country English Even Inspired Language Politician President Proved Second Successful Your]
The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it. Donald Rumsfeld
[ Bad Being Close Delivering Fail Him News Others President Price Tell Truth Won]
Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win. Charles Evers
[ Anybody Black Comes Country Democrats Folks Going Helping Out Poor President Runs Strong Were Win]
The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does. Helen Thomas
[ Another Cheney Country Day Does Going Kill Liar Myself Need President Run Sad Think Would]
President Johnson offered the middle of the road. Lew Wasserman
[ Johnson Middle Offered President Road]
Thanks to President Bush and Republican principles, businesses now have more confidence to hire workers. John Doolittle
[ Bush Businesses Confidence Hire More Now President Principles Republican Thanks Workers]
George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate. Ed Gillespie
[ Bush Candidate George Great Only President]
Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him. Larry Speakes
[ Being Doing Ever Find Go Having Him Hunting Learning Pecking President Press Realize Secretary Speaking System Then Touch Type While Without Yourself]
I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President. Roger Ebert
[ Bush Elected Legitimately President Think]
It may not be too late, whatever happens, if our President, Lyndon Johnson, knew the truth from me. But if I am eliminated, there won't be any way of knowing. Jack Ruby
[ Am Any Eliminated Happens Johnson Knew Knowing Late Lyndon May Our President Too Truth Way Whatever Won]
When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal. Jack Herer
[ America American Army Believe Believed Bush Criminal Freedom George Government Lying Off Old President Rights Today Went Years]
I believe that people who do not vote in this country have no right to complain about the government that we are now living under. By the same token, if you don't really vote in television, you're never going to have your way. Write a letter to the president of the network. Bill Bixby
[ Believe Complain Country Going Government Letter Living Network Never Now President Really Right Same Television Token Under Vote Way Write Your]
You will see the President being very, very tough on spending. Donald Evans
[ Being President See Spending Tough Very Will]
Reagan's dead, and he was a lousy President. Keith Olbermann
[ Dead Lousy President Reagan]
CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected president but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power. Arthur C. Clarke
[ Because Cnn Elected Fantasy Give Participants Power President Refuses Ted Turner Up Want War Where]
What I can't quite see at this stage is that the evidence, even to the president, seems to be that clear. And if it is that clear, I can't understand why we are not capable of convincing our closest allies that given that evidence, they ought to join us in this effort. Lawrence Eagleburger
[ Allies Capable Clear Closest Convincing Effort Even Evidence Given Join Ought Our President Quite See Seems Stage Understand Us Why]
While President Bush's tax give-aways for the rich are pushing us further into debt, he compensates by increasing the out-of-pocket costs to our veterans. Tom Harkin
[ Bush Compensates Costs Debt Further Increasing Into Our President Pushing Rich Tax Us Veterans While]
Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history. Rahm Emanuel
[ Division Everybody History Internalized Knows Moment Obama Obama Presidential Pull Real Team Vice]
I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever. Al Gore
[ Budget Education Ever First Increase Introduce Largest Pledge President Special Today Will]
Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine. Dean Koontz
[ Asked Being Choice Current Election Given Imagine Movies Presidential Said Scariest Somebody Two Well]
Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime. Frank Serpico
[ Act Becoming Crime Free Harder Inception Out Patriot President Speak Speech Today]
For one thing, one of the wonderful things that we now have is instead of the huge budget surpluses that President Clinton left us with, we now have these huge deficits that we're going to be facing into the future. Geraldine Ferraro
[ Budget Clinton Deficits Facing Future Going Huge Instead Into Left Now President Surpluses These Thing Things Us Wonderful]
The president's economic plan doesn't do enough to create new jobs and that has to be a national priority. While there are some signs the economy is improving, it is not translating into jobs. Jay Rockefeller
[ Create Economic Economy Enough Improving Into Jobs National New Plan President Priority Signs Some Translating While]
Officials at the White House are saying that President Bush hasn't changed his schedule much since the war started. The main difference, they say, is that he's started watching the news and taping Sponge Bob. Conan O'Brien
[ Bob Bush Changed Difference Hasn His House Main Much News Officials President Say Saying Schedule Since Sponge Started Taping War Watching White]
With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'. Barbara Boxer
[ Balance Best Changed Dice Enough Expect Fundamental Good Hanging His Hoping Many Nominee Our Past President Rights Roll Simply Think Views]
We expect President Bush to implement his own vision of a two-state solution, the birth of the Palestinian State and the ending of the occupation that started in 1967. Mahmoud Abbas
[ Birth Bush Ending Expect His Implement Occupation Own Palestinian President Solution Started State Vision]
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams
[ Account Allowed Anyone Capable Getting Job Made President Should Themselves]
A President cannot always be popular. Harry S. Truman
[ Always Cannot Popular President]
The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought. Mary Cheney
[ Afterthought Bit Candidate Presidential Tends Vice]
What are you supposed to do - stop practicing law whenever one of your friends becomes president? Edward Bennett Williams
[ Becomes Friends Law Practicing President Stop Supposed Whenever Your]
As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the United States and its former allies, on his own terms of course. Andrew Greeley
[ Allies Between Course Criminal Enters Europe Former Goes Heal His Iraq Own President Sinful States Terms Third United War Wounds Year]
Americans were told repeatedly by President Bush and Vice President Cheney that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found. John Olver
[ Americans Bush Cheney Destruction Ever Found Had Iraq Mass None President Repeatedly Told Vice Weapons Were]
There were around 1,000 stores when I was made president. Fred L. Turner
[ Around Made President Stores Were]
In speech after speech on his health care plan, the President has tried to convince us that what he is proposing will be good for America. But, how can it be good for America if it raises taxes by a half trillion dollars and costs a trillion dollars or more to implement? Scott Brown
[ After America Care Convince Costs Dollars Good Half Health His How Implement More Plan President Proposing Raises Speech Taxes Tried Trillion Us Will]
I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down. Geraldine Ferraro
[ Admit Around Down Expert Foreign Knowledgeable Man Need Opponent Policy President Putting Readily States Turning United Vice]
A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job of a libertarian presidential candidate to cook up new ways to commit theft. L. Neil Smith
[ Afford Anyway Candidate Commit Cook Going Job Libertarian New Presidential Say Taxation Theft Up Ways Win]
Then I was president of the Bakelite Corporation from 1910 to 1930. Leo Baekeland
[ Corporation President Then]
But, I swear, they're turning Donna into Annie Hall this season. More ties. More suits. But they're also keeping her really motivated, ya know? Like, wanting to be a rock journalist. Wanting to be the first woman president. Laura Prepon
[ Also Annie Donna First Hall Her Into Journalist Keeping Know More Motivated President Really Rock Season Suits Swear Ties Turning Wanting Woman Ya]
The equality that we are all entitled to, as citizens of this democracy, can't be avoided by some religious dogma of a President who's is supposed to believe in the notion of separation of church and state. And he frankly doesn't. Rosie O'Donnell
[ Avoided Believe Church Citizens Democracy Dogma Entitled Equality Frankly Notion President Religious Separation Some State Supposed]
The president's decision yesterday to set into motion the development of the hydrogen bomb... has placed us on the knife-edge of history. Henry M. Jackson
[ Bomb Decision Development History Hydrogen Into Motion Placed President Set Us Yesterday]
I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic. Alberto Fujimori
[ Congress Formal Mr President Republic Resignation Submit]
A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda. Erich Leinsdorf
[ Agenda Long President Really Talk Terribly Time]
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Richard M. Nixon
[ America Been Before Body Completed Effective Every First Instinct Interests Leave Must Never Noon Office Opposed Presidency President Put Quitter Resign Shall Term Therefore Tomorrow]
Mr. President, How are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality? Jeff Gannon
[ Divorced Going How Mr President Reality Seem Themselves Work]
Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions. John Yoo
[ Advocates Al Bush Claim Conventions Decision Deny Example Fighters Geneva Human-Rights Iraqi Legal Piece President Prisoners Qaeda Status Taliban Under War]
I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything. Al Sharpton
[ Anything Body High Mean President School Student Vice Won]
President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education. George Miller
[ Access Bush Candid Children Class Education First Forceful His Manner Passion President-Elect Should Spoke]
Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it. Sherrod Brown
[ After Aid Broken Bush Campaign College Congress Him His Leadership President Promises Republican Year]
Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do. Richard M. Nixon
[ Able Any Certainly Job Man Next Perhaps Political President See Shall Should Sooner Than Think Woman Years]
As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date. Nora Ephron
[ Concerned Date Even Far Men President Running Would]
If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn't run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. We're going to run on the president's strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term. Ed Gillespie
[ Agenda Bush Going His Leadership Nader Positive President Principled Ralph Re-Elected Run Runs Second Strong Term]
To have united the purposes of an entire Nation, is the great historical achievement of the man in whose strong hands our President has placed the fate of our people. Gustav Krupp
[ Achievement Entire Fate Great Hands Historical Man Nation Our Placed President Purposes Strong United Whose]
A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving. William J. Clinton
[ Dull Hope Interesting Lot Memoirs Mine Presidential Say Self-Serving]
Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy. Dwight D. Eisenhower
[ Any Crazy Egomaniac Either Man President Wants]
As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president. Dick Morris
[ Been Being Bob Congress Dole Elected Ever Found Image James Keep Leader Legislative Madison Mouthpiece Out Party Positive President Since While Why Your]
Unless things change radically, President Bush will be the first President since Herbert Hoover to have presided over a net loss of jobs during his administration. Tim Johnson
[ Administration Bush Change During First Herbert His Hoover Jobs Loss Net Over Presided President Radically Since Things Unless Will]
The president is here, strong and firm as a monkey's tail. Jean Claude Duvalier
[ Firm Here Monkey President Strong Tail]
Presidential candidates don't chew gum. Theodore C. Sorensen
[ Candidates Chew Gum Presidential]
Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president on very fundamental issues. The largest, for me, is education. Jim Jeffords
[ Ahead Disagree Education Fundamental Instances Issues Largest Looking More President See Very Where Will]
The stories have been told so often by those of us who supported President Reagan over the years that they seem mundane, almost like a fictional novel or a movie script. William L. Jenkins
[ Almost Been Fictional Movie Mundane Novel Often Over President Reagan Script Seem Stories Supported Those Told Us Years]
You know, it's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe; and the steps that NATO will take to expand to the East, that's a commitment. Warren Christopher
[ Been Clinton Commitment Dream East Europe Expand Finally Fully Integrated Know Nato President Steps Take Will]
There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign. Theodore White
[ American Anywhere Campaign Excitement Match Presidential Short War World]
Humor is very very risky, particularly for a candidate, unless he's been in so long that it just doesn't matter, and he's not running for president. But it's just that people are so sensitive and so touchy, and you're just going to upset somebody without ever realizing it. Mark Russell
[ Been Candidate Ever Going Humor Just Long Matter Particularly President Realizing Risky Running Sensitive Somebody Touchy Unless Upset Very Without]
The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic. Robert Toombs
[ Comprehensive Enlarged Highest Interests Marked Most Policy Presidents Principles Promoting Republic Statesmanship These Were]
My knowledge of the state of President Roosevelt's health was derived entirely from conversations, from newspaper articles and from photographs. David Bruce
[ Articles Conversations Derived Entirely Health Knowledge Newspaper Photographs President Roosevelt State]
Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a threat to our national security, and we must address that threat. Jim Costa
[ Addiction Address Before Congresses Dependency Despite Efforts Ever Foreign Greater Must National Oil Our President Previous Security Stated Than Threat Today]
That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it possible that such a monster would be the choice of a majority of the people for President. John Sergeant Wise
[ Abraham Choice Conceive Could Lincoln Majority Man Monster Ought Possible President Satisfied Settled Such Thoroughly Would Yet]
I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment the sober second thought of the people. Rutherford B. Hayes
[ Abide Am Congress Content Judgment Liked Office Politicians President Press Second Sober Thought]
There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous. Lyndon B. Johnson
[ Almost Congress Continuously Deal Going Got Incessantly Interruption President Really Relationship Way Without Work]
He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make? Pierre Salinger
[ After Day Difference Does Domestic Foreign Got Hell Hours Make Mistresses Policy President Run States Time United Work]
I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections. Garry Kasparov
[ Abolish Actions Convince Could Democracy Elections Force Joined Kremlin Moment Now Only Our Plans Presidential Protests Reconsider Russian Think Vital]
We went into Iraq because Saddam Hussein refused to account for his weapons of mass destruction, consistently violated UN resolutions and in a post-9/11 world no American president could afford to give Saddam Hussein the benefit of the doubt. Peter King
[ Account Afford American Because Benefit Consistently Could Destruction Doubt Give His Hussein Into Iraq Mass President Refused Resolutions Saddam Un Violated Weapons Went World]
Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history. Doris Kearns Goodwin
[ Audience Gets History House Left Matters Once Only President Really White]
In the first State of the Union of his second term, President Bush made clear to Americans tonight that he is not going to play the role of a lame duck President. Jim Sensenbrenner
[ Americans Bush Clear Duck First Going His Lame Made Play President Role Second State Term Tonight Union]
I would say that President Roosevelt probably was more intimately in touch with the press corps at the White House than President Truman was. Clifton Daniel
[ Corps House Intimately More President Press Probably Roosevelt Say Than Touch Truman White Would]
I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter. Mary Cheney
[ Daughter Known Lesbian President Rather Vice]
I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President. William J. Clinton Food
[ Became Eaten Haven Mcdonald President Since]
In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of the death. Michael K. Simpson
[ Current Day Days Death Event Flag Flown Former President Reagan Recent Ronald Should Thirty]
The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations. Henry Villard
[ After Chairs Curious Either Fingers Him Into Observations Past Presidential Protracted Remained Room Settled Sofa Squeezing Standing]
And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout? Milton Friedman
[ American Appointed Basis Choose Clout Communist Does Excuse Hitler Pardon Political Presidents Reward Rewards Their Think Virtue]
In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity. Harry S. Truman
[ Any Capacity Eight Enough Man Much Opinion President Serve Sometimes Too Years]
A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate. Donella Meadows Environmental
[ Climate Could Courageous Enormously Help Knowledgeable Leading Nations President Saving Toward World]
I think he Oswald felt he was a failure and for the United States and for President Kennedy and all of us. He knew he was a failure at everything he tried, frustrated, with a very sad life, but he was a Marxist. John Sherman Cooper
[ Everything Failure Felt Frustrated Kennedy Knew Life Marxist Oswald President Sad States Think Tried United Us Very]
This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States! Dan Quayle
[ Election Going Next President States United]
I said I'm the president of Iraq... I did not say deposed. Saddam Hussein
[ Deposed Did Iraq President Said Say]
I can't believe George Bush might be president. Bradley Whitford
[ Believe Bush George Might President]
One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential. Bradley Whitford
[ After Al Because Bush Debate Election Give Gore Head Heard Issues Moments Most Presidential Say Seems Substance Surreal Talking Third Victory Won]
We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this date, abolished. Joshua A. Norton
[ Abolished After Date Decree Hereby House Norton Offices President Representatives Speaker Vice]
When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation. Al Franken
[ Against Building Campaign During Meant Nation Our President Realize Said]
When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to arise later. Donald Rumsfeld
[ Also Answer Arise Away Both Broader Come Decision Evoke Guidance Help Issues Later Likely Policy Pose Precedent President Raise Range Similar Try]
We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan. Geraldine Ferraro
[ Bush Did Fast How Peace Plan President Shocked War Went Were]
I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system. Paul Sarbanes
[ American Bush Concerned Condition Frighten President Respect Scare Security Social Still System Trying Very]
It is really quite amazing that all of the folks supporting privatization, from the president on down, keep invoking the name of my grandfather, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. James Roosevelt
[ Amazing Down Folks Franklin Grandfather Invoking Keep Name President Privatization Quite Really Roosevelt Supporting]
Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of American's who were saying, 'Stop!' John Boehner
[ American Bill Buzz Healthcare Interests Into Lobbyists Millions Mr President Ran Saw Saying Special Stop Tens Were Your]
I would rather have peace in the world than be President. Harry S. Truman
[ Peace President Rather Than World Would]
That we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Charlie Sheen
[ American Morally Only President Public Right Servile Stand Treasonable Unpatriotic Wrong]
Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses. Jose Serrano
[ Analyses Apart Being Choices Democracy Excuses Leadership Made Offered Our President Pulled Pulling Rather Same State Strong Suffering Than Tired Together Under Union Unrealistic Yet]
Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government. Richard M. Nixon
[ Another Assigned Branch Doctrine Executive Exercises Government His Manner Personally Powers President Questioning Separation Subject Under Which]
We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine. Viktor Yanukovych
[ Citizens Improve Lives Must Myself Our President Together Ukraine Will]
The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure. Harry Shearer
[ Anyone Could Did Dumbest Ever Figure Go Guy Had House Last President Remember Seen Smartest Thing White]
What President Bush has done speaks more than words about his feeling of compassion and commitment to people. Thad Cochran
[ Bush Commitment Compassion Done Feeling His More President Speaks Than Words]
We don't have time to wait for President Bush to change his mind. How many breakthroughs have been missed as a result of this policy? Robert Lanza
[ Been Breakthroughs Bush Change His How Many Mind Missed Policy President Result Time Wait]
French Yemeni relations are strong and good, they are relations depending on friendship and cooperation; my relationship with the president Chiraq are old and real. Ali A. Saleh
[ Cooperation Depending French Friendship Good Old President Real Relations Relationship Strong]
A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government. Al Gore
[ Breaks Government Law Our President Structure Threat Very]
I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic. John F. Kennedy
[ Also Am Candidate Catholic Democratic Happens Party President]
I was thinking of resigning since I did not want to be perceived as a man who did the president's bidding to save my job. I have had some time to think about it since. I think I did the right thing. Robert Bork
[ Bidding Did Had Job Man Perceived President Resigning Right Save Since Some Thing Think Thinking Time Want]
The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him. Karen Hughes
[ Fun Him Humor Much President Reasons Sense Which Wonderful Work]
What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made, a kind and candid consideration. And you have now expressed the conclusion to which you have arrived, clearly and distinctly. Salmon P. Chase
[ Arrived Been Candid Clearly Conclusion Consideration Distinctly Every Expressed Fully Given Kind Made Mr Now President Proposition Said Satisfies Which]
My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist party. It may be that on my deathbed, I will come to regret my decision, but for the moment, I live at peace with it. Jacques Delors
[ Artificial Been Come Deathbed Decision Had Happened Live May Moment Party Peace Presidential Regret Relation Socialist Victory Will Would]
The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign. Valerie Jarrett
[ Been Big Campaign Option President Proponent Public Since]
I feel very proud, even though they didn't elect me, to be President of the Argentines. Leopoldo Fortunato
[ Elect Even Feel President Proud Though Very]
I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am president the less of a party man I seem to become. William Howard Taft
[ Afraid Am Become Constant Disappointment Fact Less Longer Man Matter Party President Seem]
I certainly know that this relationship could not have continued the way it did, when I was at the Pentagon and the president was obviously at the White House, without Betty. Monica Lewinsky
[ Betty Certainly Continued Could Did House Know Obviously Pentagon President Relationship Way White Without]
Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a corporate officer, he took out several loans from the company. Bennie Thompson
[ Bush Cited Company Corporate Corporations Enough Even Loans Making Need Officer Officers Out Outlaw Practice President Several Strangely Their Took]
Can any of us even imagine, after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt suggesting we negotiate a resolution or that we could simply prosecute those involved? Of course it is unimaginable. We are right to be in the Middle East, and we are right to treat this as the war it is. Marsha Blackburn
[ After Any Could Course East Even Harbor Imagine Involved Middle Negotiate Pearl President Prosecute Resolution Right Roosevelt Simply Suggesting Those Treat Unimaginable Us War]
As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days. Gore Vidal
[ Age Days Exception Perfect President Progresses Reagans Rule Television These Will]
The fact is five months ago this was an issue that people weren't really talking that much about. Because of the president's leadership, because he's brought it to people's attention, it's now a top issue. Ken Mehlman
[ Ago Attention Because Brought Fact Five Issue Leadership Months Much Now President Really Talking Top Weren]
I didn't do this for the President. When I had this opportunity, not only was it work, but it was something that I could do, as an actor, for the victims and their families. Something I could give back. Timothy Bottoms
[ Actor Back Could Families Give Had Only Opportunity President Something Their Victims Work]
US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan. Daniel Barenboim
[ Always Blue Commitments Declarations Face Make Muslim Partisan Perceived Presidents Until Us Want Will World]
There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision. Barbara Jordan
[ American Community Decision Executive Form Individuals Law Must National Order President Require States United Veto]
Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it. Donald Rumsfeld
[ Add Areas Bottleneck Decision Delegate Down Find Force Matter Out President Pressure Problem Resist Responsibility Reverse Structure]
On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of mass destruction, the tax cuts that are now leading to deficits, I've got some deep issues with the president. Lincoln Chafee
[ Care Cuts Deep Deeply Deficits Destruction Environment Got Iraq Issues Leading Mass Now President Roe Some Tax Wade War Weapons]
Life is very good. I'm the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless trade association, the CTIA. Steve Largent
[ Association Chief Executive Good Life Officer President Trade Very Wireless]
Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country. Jim Ramstad
[ Always Both Confidence Country Eternal Instilled Optimism Optimist Our President Reagan Short Supply Time Were]
A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries subject to the Social Security tax. Nick Clooney
[ Bush Cap Corner Eliminating Investigate President Raising Salaries Salute Saying Security Social Subject Tax Willing]
I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm team. John Mahoney
[ Better Creating Democratic Elections Farm Having Job Lost Need Party Presidential Realizes Team Think Two]
A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state. Walter Lippmann
[ Ago Air Between Convinced Head Journalism Journalist Large Life Long Many Presidents Should Space State]
I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority, raises serious constitutional questions. Elena Kagan
[ Administration Assertion Authority Clinton Constitutional Directive General More Over Position President Questions Raises Reagan Serious Than Unitarian]
Sheridan is still there, he's the president of the Alliance, everything that was in place when the series is there is still there, we're just moving the camera over a couple of light years. Andreas Katsulas
[ Alliance Camera Couple Everything Just Light Moving Over Place President Series Still Years]
It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe. Warren Christopher
[ Been Clinton Dream Europe Finally Fully Integrated President]
The Chavez-Obama pictures will join a postmodern photo array that includes Donald Rumsfeld gifting Saddam Hussein with spurs from President Reagan. Christine Pelosi
[ Array Donald Hussein Includes Join Photo Pictures Postmodern President Reagan Rumsfeld Saddam Spurs Will]
President Kennedy was the greatest man I ever met, and the best friend I ever had. David Powers
[ Best Ever Friend Greatest Had Kennedy Man Met President]
That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man. Solomon Burke
[ Beautiful Choice Great Man Nixon President Say Still Time Very Wise]
I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president. Alexander Haig
[ Alive American Dead Only Over Presided President Removal Unhappily Vice]
In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes! Adlai Stevenson
[ America Any Become Boy Just May President Risks Suppose Takes]
If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women. Harri Holkeri
[ Assembly Better Education Emphasis Enables General Issue Life More Place President Something Which Women Would]
The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference. Fred Allen
[ Advertising Agency Been Bit Conference Desk Executive Exposed Forms Fungus Vice-President]
They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's going to save them. Ed Asner
[ After Along Bush Comes Credit Enough Everybody Get Going Got Him His Killed List Nation Next President Save Saving Sheep Strapped Them Think Thinks Thousand Three]
President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which. Dennis Miller
[ Address Both Bush English Figure Gave His However Mixed Out President Presidential Radio Reaction Spanish Trying Were Which]
We need people out talking about the President, explaining, agreeing with and praising his actions. Robert Teeter
[ Actions Agreeing Explaining His Need Out Praising President Talking]
We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity. Stuart Rothenberg
[ Actually Beginning Down Drawing Into Opportunity President Some Success Think Troops Try Turn Wants Will]
The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor, business community, labor community, president and the congress in order to be able to do this. Marc Morial
[ Able Business City Closely Community Congress Council Got Governor His Labor Legislature Mayor Order President State Variety Wide Work]
First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important to us and to me, and that we had to at least be in the process of looking at this seriously. Brian Mulroney
[ Areas Built Enthusiastic First Had Him Important Least Looking Other Persuaded President Process Reagan Relationship Seriously Then Up Us]
The President and the Democrats on Congress have exploited the financial crisis to advance their socialist big government tax, spend and borrow agenda. Bradley A. Blakeman
[ Advance Agenda Big Borrow Congress Crisis Democrats Exploited Financial Government President Socialist Spend Tax Their]
There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen. Nicholas D. Kristof
[ Bush Congressmen Doing Get Need Nothing Paid Political President Price Their Upset Yet]
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim." Lyndon B. Johnson History
[ Across Afternoon Headline Morning Potomac President Read River Swim Top Walked Water Would]
As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female. Geena Davis
[ Backing Being Causes Even Fact Female First Her Independent More Party President She Than Trumps Upheaval Washington Woman]
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public. Theodore Roosevelt
[ American Announce Criticism Morally Must President Public Treasonable]
I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my president. Jack Valenti
[ Because Better Confidently Each Johnson Little Lyndon More Night President Sleep]
I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war. Aslan Maskhadov
[ Assure Chechnya More Much Ordinary Peaceful Pleasant President Republic Than Voter War Would]
I didn't say 'former president,' I said 'president,' and I have the constitutional rights according to the constitution, including immunity from prosecution. Saddam Hussein
[ According Constitution Constitutional Former Immunity Including President Prosecution Rights Said Say]
A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that. George Brett
[ Before Called Elected Guarantee Out President Strikes Wade Will Woman]
We stand a chance of getting a president who has probably killed more people before he gets into office than any president in the history of the United States. Susan Sarandon
[ Any Before Chance Gets Getting History Into Killed More Office President Probably Stand States Than United]
I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked. Gerard Butler
[ Bass Firm Glasgow Guitarist Law Lawyer Lead President Secretary Society Training University Worked Writer]
Today, I will vote in support of the Marriage Protection Amendment. I shall do so because like President Bush, I strongly believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Nick Lampson
[ Amendment Because Believe Between Bush Man Marriage President Protection Shall Should Strongly Support Today Vote Will Woman]
President Bush remained undeterred by the massive display of American opposition, even though much of it came from the hundreds of thousands of voters who supported him by voting for Nader. Jon Stewart
[ American Bush Came Display Even Him Hundreds Massive Much Nader Opposition President Remained Supported Though Thousands Voters Voting]
It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me. Barry Goldwater
[ Anybody Country Except Great Grow President Up Where]
All persons harboring or secreting the conspirators or aiding their concealment or escape, will be treated as accomplices in the murder of the President and shall be subject to trial before a military commission, and the punishment of death. Edwin M. Stanton
[ Accomplices Before Commission Concealment Conspirators Death Escape Military Murder Persons President Punishment Secreting Shall Subject Their Treated Trial Will]
We believe, as the President has indicated, that this combination of a rogue state that possesses weapons of mass destruction and has known ties to terrorist organizations, is a grave threat to the people of the United States and to other countries around the world. Paul Cellucci
[ Around Believe Combination Countries Destruction Grave Indicated Known Mass Organizations Other Possesses President Rogue State States Terrorist Threat Ties United Weapons World]
The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before. Pierre Salinger
[ Became Been Before Day Different Entirely President Press Secretary States United World]
I agree with the President that second-guessing is not a strategy, but at the same time, I want to continue the dialogue that ultimately will lead to bringing all of our troops home. Howard Coble
[ Agree Bringing Continue Dialogue Home Lead Our President Same Strategy Time Troops Ultimately Want Will]
When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie. Robert Higgs
[ American Foreign Lie Prepare Presidents Wars]
I often quote Ronald Reagan, who is pretty close to my favorite President ever, I will have to say that, but one of my favorite remarks he ever made was that when you look at Federal programs, there is nothing so close to eternal life on Earth as a Federal Government program. Marsha Blackburn
[ Close Earth Eternal Ever Favorite Federal Government Life Look Made Nothing Often President Pretty Program Programs Quote Reagan Remarks Ronald Say Will]
In my opinion, assassination theories will continue to revolve around these assassinations as they have around several other significant assassinations in American history. The assassination of President Lincoln comes to mind. Louis Stokes
[ American Around Assassination Assassinations Comes Continue History Lincoln Mind Opinion Other President Revolve Several Significant Theories These Will]
On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself. Pierre Salinger
[ Also Encouraged Had Himself Kennedy Lover Obvious Occasions President Several Sign Some Take]
Come here immediately and see if you can find the murderer of the President. Edwin M. Stanton
[ Come Find Here Immediately Murderer President See]
In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes. Adlai E. Stevenson
[ America Any Become Boy Just May President Risks Suppose Takes]
I would never say President Obama doesn't have the capacity to continue to serve because of his statement that there are 56 states. Gerald Walpin
[ Because Capacity Continue His Never Obama Obama President Say Serve Statement States Would]
The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's. Harry S. Truman History
[ Almost Am Corps Equal Force Long Machine Marine Navy Police President Propaganda Remain Stalin Will]
Sooner or later something had to give. But President Bush, faced with the unprecedented affront of 9-11, could not wait to take action. So he had to do what we were capable of doing, and he did it brilliantly. Alexander Haig
[ Action Affront Brilliantly Bush Capable Could Did Doing Faced Give Had Later President Something Sooner Take Unprecedented Wait Were]
Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent. Jared Sparks
[ Age Anything Civil Enlightened Experience Fill Fitted General Government Great Him His Incompetent Jackson Limited Make Men Most Now Office President Recognize]
Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the '70s. Jet Li
[ China Dinner Every Future Meet Past President Talk Them Went Would]
We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries. Townsend Harris
[ Ambassadors Countries Country Desires Different Japan Other President Promote Quite Sent Welfare Were]
One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress. Allison Janney
[ American Around Been Clothing Dancing Dress Forty Guys Had Men More Office Out Presidents Prom Than These Wears Women]
When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11. Ed Gillespie
[ Adopted Away Democratic Field Foreign Going Increasingly Look Moving Policy Pre-Emptive President Relative Self-Defense September Since Where]
I don't think I'll ever be president of anything. Hoagy Carmichael
[ Anything Ever President Think]
Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain. Jon Stewart
[ Britain Calls Coalition Group Met President Rest Spain Them Willing World Yesterday]
Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people. James Bovard
[ Age American Americans Ancient Candor Come Constrained Duty Entire Generations Power President Since Time]
I think back a little bit when President Bush was elected President and what kind of economy he inherited from the Clinton administration. The economy was going down. It was not doing well. Wayne Allard
[ Administration Back Bit Bush Clinton Doing Down Economy Elected Going Inherited Kind Little President Think Well]
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. Gore Vidal Politics
[ American Half Hopes Never Newspaper President Read Same Voted]
Ronald Reagan's vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves. David Vitter
[ America Confidence Defense Government Led Less Military National Our Ourselves President Prosperous Reagan Rebuilt Ronald Smaller Strong Taxes Vision]
But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for me. I'm sure it's not easy for her. There's a lot of scrutiny on families that isn't always wanted. Laura Bush
[ Always Easy Families Her Husband Know Lot Mean President Runs Scrutiny Sure Wanted Your]
President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards. Conan O'Brien
[ Attend Awkward Baseball Bush Canada Cards Got His Left Off Out President Pulled Reportedly Start Summit Today Trade]
In addition, for almost a year now I have been urging the President, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate suspicious gas price spikes. Lois Capps
[ Addition Almost Been Commission Department Federal Gas Investigate Justice Now President Price Spikes Suspicious Trade Urging Year]
People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap, at least you get the soap. In this campaign you just get two guys telling you they really value cleanliness. David Brooks
[ Bar Buy Campaign Cleanliness Complain Get Guys Just Least President Really Selling Soap Telling Two Used Value]
Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country. John F. Kerry
[ Being Bit Country Fiscal Law Lectured Little Order President Responsibility Soprano Talking Tony]
Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II. Warren Christopher
[ Adapting After Assist Created Ii Institutions Most President Probably Renewing Secretary State Thing Transnational Useful War Were World]
We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States. Jimmy Carter
[ Become Clear Gay Hate Make Men Must Platform President States United Way Women]
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
[ Activities Assure Coordinate Faithful Incoming Leader Management Objectives Person President Remains Skills Team Will]
While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction. Nicholas D. Kristof
[ Actually Americans Angry Darfur Doing Heard Inaction More President Should Think While]
The liberal groups spent months raising money so they could take down anyone President Bush nominated. But they have not been able to touch judge Roberts. Michael Oxley
[ Able Anyone Been Bush Could Down Groups Judge Liberal Money Months Nominated President Raising Roberts Spent Take Touch]
Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone. Russ Feingold
[ Americans Care Congress Deliver Domestic Everyone Far Health Issue Most Past President Pressing Time Today]
American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President. Pierre Salinger
[ American Being Countenance Lied Own President Simply Their Will]
The conduct of President Bush's war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States. John Olver
[ Been Bush Choice Civilian Conduct Cost Decisions Disaster Incompetent Iraq Leadership Lives Many Occupation Plagued Policy President Rendered States Strategic United War]
All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies. Thomas E. Mann
[ After Became Bush Citizens Comfortable Continue Doubts Harbor Him His Interests Leadership Loyalties More Policies President Priorities Requisite September Skills Suggests Thought While]
Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all. Bear Bryant
[ Ago Back Been Bring Certain Day Dr Good Got Guy Had Here Leave Over Plan President Quit Ready Realized Take Time Wore Years]
Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock. Bernard Baruch
[ Attention Company Ever His Never Pay President Says Slightest Stock]
I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States. Martin Sheen
[ Am Citizen Even Higher Hold Instead Office President States United]
It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've told my colleagues it's time that we go stand up for the president. John Boehner
[ Any Bush Colleagues Dealt Difficult Down Easy Franklin George Go Issues Kick More President Roosevelt Since Somebody Stand Than Time Told Up]
We are hopeful about the opportunities ahead, and stand ready to join this President in an open and honest dialogue about improving the state of our union for all Americans not the select few. Jim Clyburn
[ Ahead Americans Dialogue Few Honest Hopeful Improving Join Open Opportunities Our President Ready Select Stand State Union]
When President Jiang Zemin visited India in 1996, the two sides decided that they would jointly build a constructive partnership of cooperation oriented towards the 21st century. Li Peng
[ Build Century Constructive Cooperation Decided India Jointly Oriented Partnership President Sides Towards Two Visited Would]
President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record. Grace Napolitano
[ Bush Consistently Convincing Given His Past President Record Rhetoric Used]
Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good. Lyndon B. Johnson
[ Act Around Better Decision Destroy Good History Life Live Make Might Presidents Quickly Realize Single Suddenly Turn While World]
Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What have you done?' Barack Obama
[ Controlled Democrats Done House Know President Saying Senate Since Understandable]
The President has no real plan to address the fiscal challenges arising from the retirement of the baby boom generation, let alone a plan to fix Social Security. Jack Reed
[ Address Alone Arising Baby Boom Challenges Fiscal Fix Generation Plan President Real Retirement Security Social]
Let me be clear, Mr. President, mistakes have been made in Iraq. And this operation has been far from perfect as evidenced by the fact that Zarqawi and other terrorists continue to wreak havoc throughout Iraq. Elizabeth Dole
[ Been Clear Continue Evidenced Fact Far Havoc Iraq Made Mistakes Mr Operation Other Perfect President Terrorists Throughout Wreak Zarqawi]
With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism. John Doolittle
[ Cold Communism Conviction Courage Freedom His Led Millions Out President Reagan Release Resulting Spreading Trademark Us Vision War Yoke]
The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention. Bob Graham
[ Afterglow Attention Clearly Great President Result Time War]
President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied. John Yoo
[ Announced Applied Bush Commanders Conflict Conventions Early His President]
In my country we go to prison first and then become President. Nelson Mandela
[ Become Country First Go President Prison Then]
For people who have for been putting their hard-earned money into the system for years, the president's idea would replace their safety net with a risky gamble with no assurance of a stable return of investment. Grace Napolitano
[ Assurance Been Gamble Idea Into Investment Money Net President Putting Replace Return Risky Safety Stable System Their Would Years]
As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference. Jalal Talabani
[ Country Denied Difference Diversity Iraq Often Past President Represent Shall Strive Too]
The first black president will be a politician who is black. Doug Wilder
[ Black First Politician President Will]
There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing. Herbert Hoover
[ Americans Especially Fishing Occasions Only Prayer Presidents Privacy Respect Those Two]
And Hale was devoted to President Kennedy, and there was some talk following the assassination that Hale had warned the President not to go to Dallas, and the connotation was that it would be physically dangerous for him to do so. Lindy Boggs
[ Assassination Connotation Dallas Dangerous Devoted Following Go Had Hale Him Kennedy Physically President Some Talk Warned Would]
On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech. Ed Gillespie
[ Amounts Believe Beyond Democrats Discourse Goes Hate Low New Other Political Politics Presidential Rhetoric Seeing Side Speech Today Unprecedented]
Even the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security trustees appointed by the president say that Social Security is financially sound, without any changes for the next 40 to 50 years. James Roosevelt
[ Any Appointed Budget Changes Congressional Even Financially Next Office President Say Security Social Sound Trustees Without Years]
I think the recovery hasn't been stronger because the hole that was dug for President Obama by the Bush administration was far worse than anybody could imagine, first of all. Howard Dean
[ Administration Anybody Because Been Bush Could Dug Far First Hasn Hole Imagine Obama Obama President Recovery Stronger Than Think Worse]
The presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics. William Odom
[ Anything Politics Presidents Served Under]
The President's proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent. Chaka Fattah
[ Benefits Children Current Cutting Disabilities Endangering Future Guaranteed Jeopardize Lost Parent Plan President Privatization Proposed Retirees Security Would]
I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism. Jeb Bush
[ Attack Bully Capitalism Obama Obama President Pulpit Think Used Way]
Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit. Jonathan Shapiro
[ Bit Blue First Mandela Once Out Phoned Played President Still While]
The President's political travel is going to get blamed (and probably rightly) for a share of this downturn. Robert Teeter
[ Blamed Downturn Get Going Political President Probably Rightly Share Travel]
Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also. Townsend Harris
[ Affairs Also Attend China Countries Directed Hence Intercourse Isolated Japan Other President State Watch Without]
Through his mastery of storytelling techniques, he has managed to separate his character, in the public mind, from his actions as president. He has, in short, mesmerized us with that steady gaze. James Nathan Miller
[ Actions Character Gaze His Managed Mastery Mesmerized Mind President Public Separate Short Steady Storytelling Techniques Through Us]
What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get married. Gloria Steinem
[ Ferraro Geraldine Get Learned Married Movement Never President Vice Women]
My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election. Liev Schreiber
[ Election Politics President Publicist Stole Talk Think Told Yes]
House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust. John Boehner
[ Adopting Ban Critical Democratic Follow His Hope House Join Leaders Now Obama Obama President Pressing Public Republicans Restore Senate Step Support Taking Through Trust United Will]
Howard Phillips of the Constitution Party asked me to consider seriously running for president in 2008 and I am doing so. Jerome Corsi
[ Am Asked Consider Constitution Doing Howard Party Phillips President Running Seriously]
Right after the tragedy, President Bush asked Americans to get on with their lives and we did. Jane D. Hull
[ After Americans Asked Bush Did Get Lives President Right Their Tragedy]
I don't think there is one president that's come down the line that hasn't done something good somewhere. Neil Young
[ Come Done Down Good Hasn Line President Something Somewhere Think]
President Obama is not polarizing, but the media sure is. Yousef Munayyer
[ Media Obama Obama Polarizing President Sure]
Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is. Edward Kennedy Politics
[ Being Else Frankly Just Mind President Someone]
What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president. Lyndon B. Johnson
[ Accept Accordingly Another Distrust Lost Must Nomination Our Party Politics President Seek Selfishness Shall Suspicion Term United Will Won]
I oppose the president's plan to privatize Social Security. Brian Higgins
[ Oppose Plan President Privatize Security Social]
Ten of those Republican incumbents, all of whom voted for the impeachment of President Clinton, are from states that Bill Clinton carried. Robert Torricelli
[ Bill Carried Clinton Impeachment Incumbents President Republican States Ten Those Voted Whom]
When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views. Donald Rumsfeld
[ Asked Know Others President Press Really Remember Views Want Your]
Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are? Sarah Vowell
[ Assassins Basic Invite Just Presidents Question Same Think]
Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers. This president, much as I like him, had all the opportunities in the world. Chris Matthews
[ Had Him Much Needs Opportunities President Sense Someone Talk These Travelers World]
Anybody that thought that I tried to protect the president has forgotten that I asked for the expansion of the Monica Lewinsky matter. Janet Reno
[ Anybody Asked Expansion Forgotten Lewinsky Matter Monica President Protect Thought Tried]
It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.' Jim Hightower
[ Believe Bush Disaster Failed Farm Gave George Hard Mention New Orleans President Recovery Rural Speech Word]
I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He's consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes than he is about process and categorizations. David Axelrod
[ Committed Concerned Consumed Ideology More Neither Nor Obama Obama Outcomes Practicing President Process Tactics Than Think]
As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing. Golda Meir
[ Almost Anything Doing Done Many Nixon Nobody President Presidents Says Things Thought Would]
Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would have avoided a nuclear war? Bianca Jagger
[ Achieve Avoided Been Bush Crisis Cuban During Had Kennedy Look Managed Missile Nuclear President Think War Would]
Clinton was a president who used his office, in creative ways, to try to reinvigorate the federal government to benefit the majority. Sidney Blumenthal
[ Benefit Clinton Creative Federal Government His Majority Office President Reinvigorate Try Used Ways]
I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years. Romano Prodi
[ Am Commission Did European Five Italy Judged Know Last Minister More President Prime Than Time Want Years]
When evangelical leaders can persuade the president to be concerned about what's happening in Sudan, or sex trafficking around the world, or HIV-AIDS, that's a very good thing. I am completely supportive of that. Jim Wallis
[ Am Around Completely Concerned Evangelical Good Happening Leaders Persuade President Sex Sudan Supportive Thing Trafficking Very World]
Parents should watch what their children watch and not use TV as a babysitter. If a show is objectionable they should turn it OFF. They should write the president of the network and tell him they are never going to watch that program again and why. Bill Bixby
[ Again Babysitter Children Going Him Network Never Objectionable Off Parents President Program Should Show Tell Their Turn Tv Use Watch Why Write]
The President should spend his time going after the terrorists rather than sharing sensitive counter terrorism information with countries that sponsor terrorism. Frank Lautenberg
[ After Counter Countries Going His Information President Rather Sensitive Sharing Should Spend Sponsor Terrorism Terrorists Than Time]
What's been extraordinary about this president, Tim, and what's unique about this president is not that the administration is sputtering but rather everything he's taken on he's been able to accomplish. Ken Mehlman
[ Able Accomplish Administration Been Everything Extraordinary President Rather Sputtering Taken Tim Unique]
There needs to be a planned series of speeches, interviews, etc., over the next two or three months by administration officials and other public figures talking about President Ford, what he is trying to do and what he has accomplished. Robert Teeter
[ Accomplished Administration Etc Figures Ford Interviews Months Needs Next Officials Other Over Planned President Public Series Speeches Talking Three Trying Two]
Did I say that the President's entire job is image management? Of course not. Gwen Ifill
[ Course Did Entire Image Job Management President Say]
No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq. Dick Morris
[ Action Advocating Candidate Gay Iraq Marriage Military Opposing Presidential Race Win]
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged. Noam Chomsky
[ American Applied Been Every Hanged Laws Nuremberg Post-War President Then Were Would]
It is hypocritical that Republicans can call any President "polarizing" after what Bush and the Republican Party did during his 8 years in office. Jeffrey C. Stewart
[ After Any Bush Call Did During His Hypocritical Office Party Polarizing President Republican Republicans Years]
I'm truly worried about the country's direction. I can tell you this categorically, we've got the weakest president and the weakest governor in the history of my 50 years of public service. Fritz Hollings
[ Categorically Country Direction Got Governor History President Public Service Tell Truly Weakest Worried Years]
I believe the American people spoke loud and clear to the Bush Administration in yesterday's election that they disapprove of the current direction in the war in Iraq. As a result, the President wasted no time in dumping Secretary Rumsfeld. Jim Clyburn
[ Administration American Believe Bush Clear Current Direction Disapprove Dumping Election Iraq Loud President Result Rumsfeld Secretary Spoke Time War Wasted Yesterday]
It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam. Edward Kennedy
[ Administration Agenda Bush Business Clear Find First Get Highest His Iraq Moment Now Office President Priority Rationale Rid Saddam Took Unfinished Very]
An attempt is already underway to revise history - to leave the impression that the former president had nothing to do with Watergate. But there is no doubt about his obstruction of justice after the Watergate break-in. John J. Sirica
[ After Already Attempt Doubt Former Had His History Impression Justice Leave Nothing Obstruction President Revise Underway Watergate]
My men and I have decided that our boss, the president of the United States, is as tough as woodpecker lips. Charles A. Beckwith
[ Boss Decided Lips Men Our President States Tough United]
All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. Harry S. Truman Politics
[ Anyway Flattering Get Glorified His Kicking Kissing Man President Public Relations Spends Supposed Them Time]
No. 1, Halliburton. Certainly, if they've overcharged they should be whacked and whacked good, but the idea that the vice president somehow is involved in this, whether they got contracts because of him, that's nonsense. Al D'Amato
[ Because Certainly Contracts Good Got Him Idea Involved Nonsense President Should Somehow Vice Whacked Whether]
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders. Steve Allen
[ Actual Cheerleaders Insist Our Presidents Rational Society Teachers Want Would]
But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like Bush did. Chaka Fattah
[ Bush Cut Did Know Need Point President Taxes Trillion War]
I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an immediate investigation. It actually lay in the jurisdiction of Texas. John Sherman Cooper
[ Actually Affairs Anybody Called Cia Death Ever Immediate Internal Investigation Jurisdiction Lay Meddling President Shock Texas Think Thought]
Well my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country just back on the path towards democracy it was about to have just before I arrived, the first elections for a civilian president in more than 9 years. John Negroponte
[ Arrived Back Before Briefing Civilian Country Democracy Elections First Honduras Just More Path President Small Than Towards Vulnerable Well Years]
The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding. Nicholas D. Kristof
[ Because Bush Cameroon Cut Difficult Expand Fund Funding Health Hospitals Maternal Operate Population President Program Region Some]
The Democrats just don't have a foreign policy that they're willing to defend, that they're willing to use to take down the president's. We're dealing with the power of suggestion here. Chris Matthews
[ Dealing Defend Democrats Down Foreign Here Just Policy Power President Suggestion Take Use Willing]
I don't believe, the president doesn't believe, that the high income tax cuts work, period. I don't think the evidence supports that. Austan Goolsbee
[ Believe Cuts Evidence High Income Period President Supports Tax Think Work]
My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States. Harry S. Truman Dad
[ After Failure Father President States United]
The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency. Bobby R. Inman
[ Appoint Assuming Bush Central Chief Competitor Director Ford George Got Had Intelligence Persuaded Potential Presidency President Rid Rumor Rumsfeld Staff Standard Time]
Any time the president talks, you listen. Ben Nelson
[ Any Listen President Talks Time]
I'd like President Bush to get a gun in his hands. I'll go with him. I can't think of anything better than to die in place 's just beginning their lives. F. Murray Abraham
[ Anything Beginning Better Bush Die Get Go Gun Hands Him His Just Lives Place President Than Their Think]
The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep. George Stephanopoulos
[ Intended Keep Kept President Promises]
The president said that this is not removing a mole. You know, removing a mole, that's an outpatient sort of an operation. This was removing a cancer, removing a cancer takes more time. Gordon England
[ Cancer Know Mole More Operation President Removing Said Sort Takes Time]
A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him. Gerald R. Ford
[ Against Aim All-Out Attack Campaign Coalition Defeat Groups Him Massive President Propaganda States Their Themselves Total United Victory Waging]
Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do. George W. Bush
[ Being Faith Good Important Part President Think Will Yes]
What you do as president has consequences. Steve Forbes
[ Consequences President]
In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character. P. J. O'Rourke
[ Another Assassinate Brief Character Death Election Else Fails Five Four History Hold Hounded Impeached National Office Our Out Presidents Shot Their Them Worried]
It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first. Townsend Harris
[ Assures Case Circumstances England First Gradually Make May Open President Quite Require Satisfactory Them Treaty Will]
Democrats were quick to point out that President Bush's budget creates a 1 trillion dollar deficit. The White House quickly responded with 'Hey, look over there, it's Saddam Hussein.' Craig Kilborn
[ Budget Bush Creates Deficit Democrats Dollar Hey House Hussein Look Out Over Point President Quick Quickly Responded Saddam Trillion Were White]
We've had Town Hall meetings, we've witnessed election after election, in which the American people have taken a position on the President's health care bill. And the bottom line is the people don't like this bill. They don't want it. Eric Cantor
[ After American Bill Bottom Care Election Had Hall Health Line Meetings Position President Taken Town Want Which Witnessed]
Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life. Tom Ford
[ Did Focus Life Once President Private Time Upon]
In November 2000, the Republicans stole from America our most precious right of all: the right to free and fair elections... Now President Bush occupies the White House, but with questionable legitimacy. Cynthia McKinney
[ America Bush Elections Fair Free House Legitimacy Most November Now Occupies Our Precious President Questionable Republicans Right Stole White]
Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College. Thomas E. Mann
[ College Direct Elected Electoral Members Popular Presidents Vote]
As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general as to the possibility of getting a substantial unconditional surrender from Japan which I had written before leaving Washington and which he had approved. Henry L. Stimson
[ Already Approved Before General Getting Had Japan Leaving Memorandum Possibility President Received Substantial Surrender Unconditional War Washington Which Written]
When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the world was all about Jack Kennedy. I was 12, interested in politics; my father was from Massachusetts, had an accent like Kennedy. James Ellroy
[ Accent Been Eisenhower Everything Father Forever Had Interested Jack Kennedy Kid Massachusetts Politics President Sudden World]
The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything. Harry S. Truman
[ Abused Always Anything Doing President]
How can a president not be an actor? Ronald Reagan
[ Actor How President]
The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken of by other statesmen at the North. I think they were unanimous in this, that no army would be sent here. John Bachman
[ Army Carolinas Frequently Government Here However North Nothing Other Possibility President Regard Said Sent Spoken Statesmen Think Unanimous Views Were Would]
You don't go to war with the President you want, you go to war with the President you have. Jeff Rich
[ Go President Want War]
I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision. Eduard Shevardnadze
[ Decision Disadvantageous Even Formally Future Going Happen Happening History Into Looking Made May President Resign Right Seem Show Speaking Step Sure Think Though Today Will]
Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever. William Howard Taft
[ Come Court Forever Go Goes Presidents Supreme]
So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset. Ed Gillespie
[ Against Asset Comes Foreign Going Leadership Our Policy President Principled Strong Terror Think War]
Because liberalism typically doesn't sell in American presidential politics, liberal candidates tend to run as culturally conservative centrists. Rich Lowry
[ American Because Candidates Conservative Culturally Liberal Liberalism Politics Presidential Run Sell Tend Typically]
We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him. John Boehner
[ Change Changes Commit Course Demanding Extent Him Hope Making Now Obama Obama President Ready Respect Will Willing Work]
The president requested me to restore order in the national team. I have been designated to be part of the official delegation to Egypt to help boost the morale of our players. Roger Milla
[ Been Boost Delegation Designated Egypt Help Morale National Official Order Our Part Players President Requested Restore Team]
In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised; my position doesn't isn't unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts. Peter Singer
[ Centre Contexts Different Everyone Major Minister Position Power President Prime Relevance Respect Sense Sorts Think Unique]
It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose. Franklin D. Roosevelt
[ Congress Dispose Duty President Privilege Propose]
The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive. Dan Quayle
[ Arrive Benefit Directly Going Him President Reporting]
We all join the President in applauding the sacrifices made by our brave men and women in uniform. But we must continue to provide them the tools they need to accomplish the difficult tasks they face. Dick Durbin
[ Accomplish Brave Continue Difficult Face Join Made Men Must Need Our President Provide Sacrifices Tasks Them Tools Uniform Women]
I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me. Mario Cuomo
[ Ask Believe President Run Said Want]
I don't think anybody has that crystal ball but the president. Jay Alan Sekulow
[ Anybody Ball Crystal President Think]
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job. Richard M. Nixon History
[ Believe Even Got Innocent Investigation Job Leads Must President Pursue Take Watergate]
I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable. Richard Gere
[ Always Because Bush George Gore Hope Liked Most Nader Other Party President Probably Ralph Real See Third Thought Unthinkable Us Voting Which Will Would]
After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much. Mary Cheney
[ After Been Being Get Just Much Office Presidents Relegated Sidelines Sworn Usually Very Vice Where]
I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one. George W. Bush
[ Anymore Back Call Critics Former Get Gonna Good Got His Into Just Obama Obama Other Out Plenty Presidency President Reason Successor Swamp Think Want Why]
President Bush, Secretary of State Rice, and several cabinet level officials have visited Alabama's Gulf Coast in recent days to tour the devastation and to offer their continuing support and prayers for everyone affected by the storm. Jo Bonner
[ Affected Alabama Bush Cabinet Coast Continuing Days Devastation Everyone Gulf Level Offer Officials Prayers President Recent Rice Secretary Several State Storm Support Their Tour Visited]
Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq, new challenges on the Korean peninsula, and key decisions in the president's plans to transform the military. Duncan Hunter
[ Already Challenges Conflict Decisions Facing Iraq Key Korean Manage Military Must Nation National New Next Our Over Peninsula Plans Potential President Security Several Significant Transform Years]
The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on. Ada Louise Huxtable
[ Age Jefferson Libraries Lincoln Memorials Now Over Presidential Will]
Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there. Donald Rumsfeld
[ Able Advisors Amiss Few Gone How Improve Look Many Missing President Proposed See Tell]
The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the moment Kennedy's heart stopped beating, the Agency attempted to sweep the whole conspiracy under the rug. Jim Garrison
[ Admit Agency American Assassinate Attempted Beating Cia Conspiracy Could Employees Face Former Had Heart Kennedy Moment President Rug Stopped Sweep Under Up Whole]
All Americans and freedom-loving people around the world owe President Reagan our deepest gratitude for his strong, principled leadership that ended the Cold War and brought freedom to millions of people. Jim Ramstad
[ Americans Around Brought Cold Deepest Ended Freedom Freedom-Loving Gratitude His Leadership Millions Our Owe President Principled Reagan Strong War World]
But to make a long story short, I decided that I was going to run, and I announced that I was going to run for president in Florida, I would be the favorite son from Florida, and that would stop Johnson and Kennedy from dividing up the state. George Smathers
[ Announced Decided Dividing Favorite Florida Going Johnson Kennedy Long Make President Run Short Son State Stop Story Up Would]
President Bush has a record of cutting taxes, has provided a prescription drug benefit for seniors, has upheld the Second Amendment and remains committed to stopping liberal activists judges who are redefining marriage. Bill Shuster
[ Activists Amendment Benefit Bush Committed Cutting Judges Liberal Marriage Prescription President Provided Record Redefining Remains Second Seniors Stopping Taxes Upheld]
If you are Iraqi, you know who I am... and you know that I do not tire. I am the president of Iraq and I refuse to answer these questions because this court is illegitimate. Saddam Hussein
[ Am Answer Because Court Illegitimate Iraq Iraqi Know President Questions Refuse These Tire]
President Bush says he is concerned about the Iraqi people, but if Iraqi people are dying in numbers, then American policy will be challenged very strongly. Peter Arnett
[ American Bush Challenged Concerned Dying Iraqi Numbers Policy President Says Strongly Then Very Will]
I remember. How many minutes do I have left President? About one, one minute. Hugo Chavez
[ How Left Many Minute Minutes President Remember]
Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states. Charles Rangel
[ Aftermath Because Been Calls Could Die Governors Heed Help Hurricane Infrastructure Katrina Killed Many May More President Refusal Repairing States Their Thousands]
We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed. Helen Thomas
[ Accountable American Believe Democracy Endure Hold Informed Institution Only Other Our President Press Prevail Role Since Society Special]
Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue. Donna Shalala
[ Also Apparent Clinton Issue Issues Looking Polls President Presidents Shaped Stepped Stepping Sure Tobacco Up]
I am proud of the President's leadership. I am proud to support him in saying: Yes, we are going to do what is necessary now when it is less painful and less expensive. Kay Bailey Hutchison
[ Am Expensive Going Him Leadership Less Necessary Now Painful President Proud Saying Support Yes]
Yes, more than 100 Democrats voted to authorize Bush to take the nation to war. Most of them did so in the belief that the president and his administration were truthful in their statements that Saddam Hussein was a gathering menace. Bob Graham
[ Administration Authorize Belief Bush Democrats Did Gathering His Hussein Menace More Most Nation President Saddam Statements Take Than Their Them Truthful Voted War Were Yes]
Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift'... they say 'President', we say 'stupid psychopathic git. Alexei Sayle
[ Americans Different Elevator Git Lift President Say Saying Stupid Things Ways]
The President is not squaring with the American people as to the seriousness of our nation's fiscal condition. It is time for people to stand up and tell the truth. Kent Conrad
[ American Condition Fiscal Nation Our President Seriousness Stand Tell Time Truth Up]
Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned. Samuel Dash
[ Allowed Because Democratic Expressing First History Outrage Play Presidency President Public Resigned Result Role Time Unique Watergate]
If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is President, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out of that wheelchair and walk again. John Edwards
[ Again Christopher Country Get John Kerry Out President Reeve Up Walk Wheelchair Will Work]
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance. Donald Rumsfeld
[ Able Improve Performance President Resign Value Will Wonders Your]
Two people will never be President in my lifetime. A woman and a black. Charles Evers
[ Black Lifetime Never President Two Will Woman]
I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli. George H. W. Bush
[ Any Broccoli Eat Going Haven Kid Liked Little Made More Mother President Since States United]
No doubt it was better to have become president than not. Kim Y. Sam
[ Become Better Doubt President Than]
If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face. Vincent Bugliosi
[ Better Close Court Election Face Insane Just Pick President Supreme Then Whether Won]
Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective. Donald Rumsfeld
[ Always Cost Effective Leadership Look Money Needn Options Presidential Surprisingly]
President Obama should be championing American prominence, not apologizing for it. Kevin Madden
[ American Apologizing Obama Obama President Prominence Should]
Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. Jim Jeffords
[ Bush Came Day Environmental Father Gut Hard His Into Law Laws Many More Nation Office Our President Signed Since Some Standing Than Weakening Were Which Work Worked Years]
Clean air is a basic right. The responsibility to ensure that falls to Congress and the president. Thomas Carper
[ Air Basic Clean Congress Ensure Falls President Responsibility Right]
The President, the Administration and the campaign need a theme. I am concerned that the President is seen as a tactician without an overall strategy of his plan for the country. Robert Teeter
[ Administration Am Campaign Concerned Country His Need Overall Plan President Seen Strategy Theme Without]
We have to confront the very scary fact that the president is a moron. He's really dumb. Aaron McGruder
[ Confront Dumb Fact Moron President Really Scary Very]
All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League. A. Bartlett Giamatti
[ American Ever League President Wanted]
They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people. George Weah
[ Divide Education Never President Qualifications Say Well Would]
In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497. Warren Buffett
[ Century Conflicts Depression Disgraced Dozen Endured Epidemic Expensive Financial Flu Military Oil Other Panics President Resignation Rose Shocks States Traumatic Two United Wars World Yet]
I'm one of those that believes you can't be one kind of a man and another kind of president. Phil McGraw
[ Another Believes Kind Man President Those]
The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President. Hunter S. Thompson
[ Any Around Bummer Especially Hooked Junkie Nixon Other Politics President Serious Totally Trouble]
There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters of that are. Lamar Alexander
[ Conservatives Engage Going Growing How Iraq Many Nation-Building Number Parameters President Republicans Support These War Wars While Wonder]
Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of the twentieth century. Rush Limbaugh
[ Century Greatest President Reagan Ronald Twentieth]
Every president thinks that all information that comes to the White House is their private preserve after they all promise an open administration on the campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything. Helen Thomas
[ Administration After Campaign Comes Down Every Everything House Information Lock More Open Others Preserve President Private Promise Secretive Some Than Their Thinks Trail Want White]
I had hoped to hear the President tonight tell the Congress and the American people exactly how he plans to tackle some of the important issues facing this country, unfortunately I did not. Frank Lautenberg
[ American Congress Country Did Exactly Facing Had Hear Hoped How Important Issues Plans President Some Tackle Tell Tonight Unfortunately]
Often dismissed or underestimated by political opponents, President Reagan had the most valuable weapon in the political arsenal: a bond with the people. William L. Jenkins
[ Arsenal Bond Dismissed Had Most Often Opponents Political President Reagan Underestimated Valuable Weapon]
The true sovereign is not the American president nor the English king, but the Lord of the Second Advent. Sun Myung Moon
[ Advent American English King Lord Nor President Second Sovereign True]
Democrats are committed to mapping a new direction in Iraq, and we will work with the President and the new Defense Secretary to ensure that the will of the American people guides our future actions. Jim Clyburn
[ Actions American Committed Defense Democrats Direction Ensure Future Guides Iraq Mapping New Our President Secretary Will Work]
Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice. Stephen Ambrose
[ Became Came Character Choice First Nation New Our President Republican Rock Solid Stand Unanimous Virtues Washington Which Why]
The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not related to his office. But the costs of that defense should be borne by him and not the taxpayer. Ben Nighthorse Campbell
[ Against American Any Borne Costs Defense Deserves Him His Just Lawsuits Legal Office Other Personal President Related Should Taxpayer]
If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration. John Dingell
[ Administration Being Congress Disclose Does Facts Failing House Impair Important Legislation Level Material Peace Presented President Question Regard Senate Think Trust War]
When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal. Richard M. Nixon
[ Does Illegal Means President]
If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly. Bob Filner
[ Answer Could Demand Down Exactly Him Honestly How Involved Know Offices President Really Rove Their Walk Wanted Were]
I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse Jane Q. Public, being sworn in as the first female president of the United States, while her husband holds the Bible and wears a silly pill box hat and matching coat. Anna Quindlen
[ Being Bible Box Coat Even Female First Glimpse Go Hat Her Holds Husband Jane Just Matching Pill President Public Saying Silly Something States Sworn United Washington Wears Which While Would]
So far the changes in the president in his second term have been mainly of a rhetorical nature. Brent Scowcroft
[ Been Changes Far His Mainly Nature President Rhetorical Second Term]
If image is everything, how can the Democratic presidential hopefuls compete with a President fresh from a war victory. Judy Woodruff
[ Compete Democratic Everything Fresh How Image President Presidential Victory War]
Presidents do not go into war lightly. It's a tremendous responsibility in making decisions, and I know Bush must deeply believe this is the only course. Julie Nixon Eisenhower
[ Believe Bush Course Decisions Deeply Go Into Know Lightly Making Must Only Presidents Responsibility Tremendous War]
The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs. Charles Rangel
[ America Combined Cuts Destroying Domestic Fabric Needs Policy President Reductions Spending Tax War Wealthy]
So, Mr. President, what is wrong with the fair employment practice bill? Dennis Chavez
[ Bill Employment Fair Mr Practice President Wrong]
For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President. Karen Hughes
[ Advise Advised After Because Committee Comply Consultant Continue Ethics Government Lawyers Left National President Proper Regulations Republican Service Way Worked Year]
My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior, but should be based on the facts. Blanche Lincoln
[ Anger Based Been Behavior Come Conscience Decision Emotion Facts Heart Heavy Initial Knowing Out Own President Reckless Should Such Toward Within]
If you travel to the States... they have a lot of different words than like what we use. For instance: they say 'elevator', we say 'lift'; they say 'drapes', we say 'curtains'; they say 'president', we say 'seriously deranged git.' Alexei Sayle
[ Curtains Deranged Different Elevator Git Instance Lift Lot President Say Seriously States Than Travel Use Words]
President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government. Jim Cooper
[ Able Achieve Budget Clinton Despite Divided Government President Surpluses]
Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed. Robert Byrd
[ Accomplished Bush Cheney Failed Iraq Laid Mission Out President Vice]
You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff. George H. W. Bush
[ Cannot Civil Faith Going His Knees Lincoln President Remember States Stuff Times Trial United War]
I had rather be right than be President. Henry Clay
[ Had President Rather Right Than]
This person should not be directly connected with the President Ford Committee nor should he be seen as a member of the liberal wing of the Republican Party. He should be someone like Laird or Rogers Morton. Robert Teeter
[ Committee Connected Directly Ford Liberal Member Nor Party Person President Republican Rogers Seen Should Someone Wing]
We're competing against other great cities: Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo. That's why it's important that we all join together on the final path to Copenhagen. Having the support of President Obama is key. Richard M. Daley
[ Against Cities Competing Copenhagen De Final Great Having Important Join Key Madrid Obama Obama Other Path President Rio Support Together Tokyo Why]
President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how. Barbara Boxer
[ Address Bringing Bush Countries Freedom His How President Specify Talked]
The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best. Rutherford B. Hayes
[ Always Best Country Fact His Mindful Party President Serves Should States Strive United]
I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations. Mangosuthu Buthelezi
[ America Became Been Clinton Mr Nations Once Only President Since Speaker United Your]
It's a sad day when a cartoon is doing more and cares more and pays more attention to the environment than our president. Kathy Najimy
[ Attention Cares Cartoon Day Doing Environment More Our Pays President Sad Than]
We've not had one Republican president in 34 years balance the budget. You can't trust right-wing Republicans with your money. You ought to hire somebody who has balanced a budget. I'm much more conservative with money than George Bush is. Howard Dean
[ Balance Balanced Budget Bush Conservative George Had Hire Money More Much Ought President Republican Republicans Right-Wing Somebody Than Trust Years Your]
There are not enough people out talking about the President positively. Robert Teeter
[ Enough Out Positively President Talking]
I counted on sixty days only, but I held out for 133. I didn't go into power, but to get power I borrowed some power from the President and made him sign a number of decrees and give me enough power to create a system capable of handling crisis situations. Aleksandr Lebed
[ Borrowed Capable Counted Create Crisis Days Decrees Enough Get Give Go Handling Held Him Into Made Number Only Out Power President Sign Situations Sixty Some System]
This meeting was like many of the meetings that I would go to over the course of two years. The only way I can describe it is that, well, the president is like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people. There is no discernible connection. Paul O'Neill
[ Blind Connection Course Deaf Describe Discernible Go Man Many Meeting Meetings Only Over President Roomful Two Way Well Would Years]
This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq. Bob Graham
[ Accountable After Anybody Been Clear Flaws Held Hold Intelligence Iraq Leading Nobody President Reluctant September Up War]
It is hard for people outside the White House to understand the constant daily problems and issues that come up that require the president's attention, but he can not let himself get too personally involved. Fred F. Fielding
[ Attention Come Constant Daily Get Hard Himself House Involved Issues Outside Personally President Problems Require Too Understand Up White]
I'm always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the President's plan have not been invited to the discussion. Mel Watt
[ Adversely Affected Always Been Carolina Citizens Could Discussion Happy Invited Most North Plan President Unfortunately Visit]
This is said to us, even as this counterfeit president has legalized the Confederate Flag in Mississippi. Amiri Baraka
[ Confederate Counterfeit Even Flag Legalized Mississippi President Said Us]
The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of America on the world stage. Gwen Ifill
[ Agressive America Americans Buy Campaign Getting Goal His Into Launched President Self-Defense Stage Very Vision World]
We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator? Tom Ford
[ Actor Designer Fashion Governor Had President Senator Terminator Why]