Administration Quotes - Page 26

• My administration is committed to a leadership role on the issue of climate change.

  George W. Bush

  Issues, Climate, Roles

  President Bush Discusses Global Climate Change, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 11, 2001.

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• My administration has a job to do and we're going to do it. We will rid the world of the evil-doers.

  George W. Bush

  Jobs, Evil, World

  "Bush Vows to Rid the World of 'Evil-doers'". edition.cnn.com. September 16, 2001.

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• It's traumatizing for me to come to Washington during a Republican administration because I don't have any Republican clothes.

  Sharon Stone

  Clothes, Republican

  The Washington Post, June 20, 2001.

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• An idea is growing in foreign policy circles in Washington ... that there is no turning back. We are stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan for 25 to 40 years, we are embedded in our prideful unilateralism, and nothing can return us to more traditional American values and principles of action. The hubristic creators of this "inevitability" planned it this way. ... Their failures in Iraq have not stopped the fanatic, power-hungry neoconservatives. ... The hard-liners who dominate this administration ... have led us to eternal conflict with Muslims.

  Georgie Anne Geyer

  War, Power, Years

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• Jean Kirkpatrick [is] the chief sadist-in-residence of the Reagan Administration.

  Noam Chomsky

  Chiefs, Residence

  "The Empire and Ourselves". A Solidarity Pamphlet, chomsky.info. April 09, 1986.

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• It gave me a great notion of the credit of our present government and administration, to find people press as eagerly to pay moneyas they would to receive it; and, at the same time, a due respect for that body of men who have found out so pleasing an expedient for carrying on the common cause, that they have turned a tax into a diversion.

  Gertrude Stein

  Men, People, Pay

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• In Europe itself it is not probable that war will ever absolutely cease until science discovers some destroying force so simple in its administration, so horrible in its effects, that all art, all gallantry, will be at an end, and battles will be massacres which the feelings of mankind will be unable to endure.

  William Winwood Reade

  Art, War, Simple

  William Winwood Reade (1892). “The Martyrdom of Man”

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• If the modern spirit, whatever that may be, is disinclined towards taking the Lord's word at its face value (as I hear is the case), we may observe that Isaiah's testimony to the character of the masses has strong collateral support from respectable Gentile authority. Plato lived into the administration of Eubulus, when Athens was at the peak of its jazz-and-paper era, and he speaks of the Athenian masses with all Isaiah's fervency, even comparing them to a herd of ravenous wild beasts.

  Albert J. Nock

  Strong, Plato, Character

  "Isaiah's Job". The Atlantic Monthly, June 1936.

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• When birth control pills were available in Europe but not in the United States, American women created an uproar about how the unwillingness to make the pill available showed a contempt for the lives of women. When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released birth control pills with high dosages of hormones that were later found to be unnecessarily high, they were attacked for not caring about women enough to do the necessary tests.

  Warren Farrell

  Caring, Europe, Fda

  "The Myth of Male Power". Book by Warren Farrell, 1993.

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• [There can be no] rational administration of government when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.

  Polybius

  Integrity, Men, Good Man

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• For those of you in the administration, who are coming after me ... remember, you've broken three [of the 10 Commandments], let's not make it four; thou shalt not kill.

  Glenn Beck

  Remember You, Remembers You, Broken

  "Glenn Beck", March 23, 2010.

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• There are people in this administration who say they don't care if the UN sinks under the East river, and other crude things.

  Hans Blix

  Rivers, People, East

  "Blix: I Was Smeared by the Pentagon". Interview with Helena Smith, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2003.

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• As we learned from the Clinton administration and much of the media, a machine gun in the hands of a federal agent is now a symbol of benevolence and concern for a child's well-being.

  James Bovard

  Children, Gun, Media

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• Secretly, the Bush administration is pursuing a policy to expand NAFTA politically, setting the stage for a North American Union designed to encompass the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. What the Bush administration truly wants is the free, unimpeded movement of people across open borders with Mexico and Canada.

  Jerome Corsi

  People, Borders, Mexico

  "North American Union to Replace USA?" by Jerome Corsi, humanevents.com. May 19, 2006.

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• I rise to oppose the Central American Free Trade Agreement, known as CAFTA, the latest expression of the disastrous trade policies of this administration which are, unfortunately, a continuation of the disastrous trade policies of previous administrations.

  Russ Feingold

  Agreement, Expression, Trade

  Congressional Record Volume 151 - Part 11, June 30, 2005.

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• But people turn on their televisions. They turn on their televisions and they see what's happening in Iraq. The American people are not stupid. And the one thing they understand, they understand how incredibly mismanaged and bungled this war has been by the civilians in this administration. And - I mean, you can't paper over that, any more than you can paper over Katrina.

  Joe Biden

  War, Stupid, Mean

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. February 16, 2006.

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• You act like a normal human being and you treat them [actors around] like a buddy because you're all working together. It's no different than being Governor. You put a team together and say, "Guys, we all want to shine here. We all want to show that this administration is going to do things that other administrations have thought was impossible. Let's kick some ass together."

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Team, Shining, Guy

  Source: collider.com

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• I've thought a lot about what it means to be the President. I also understand an administration is not one person but an administration is dedicated citizens who are called by the President to serve the country, to serve a cause greater than self. And so I've thought about an administration of people who represent all America, but people who understand my compassionate and conservative philosophy.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Philosophy, Mean

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• All of us in our administration worked hard to support families in raising their children and succeeding at work.

  William J. Clinton

  Children, Support, Succeed

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• I don't want a job in the administration; I think I'm more effective carping from the sidelines.

  Paul Krugman

  Jobs, Thinking, Want

  "Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman on the Economy". www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2008.

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• We knew that al-Qaida was a threat to our country. We knew that the Clinton administration understood this and was working against al-Qaida We did not ignore al-Qaida. We spent a lot of our time thinking about terrorism, what should we do about it.

  Colin Powell

  Country, Thinking, Als

  "Secretary of State Colin Powell". Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 25, 2004.

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• He (George W. Bush) is going in the wrong way. And I dare say, that is what the strategy of his administration is, is just to wipe out government's purpose for any social and economic justice at all.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Government, Justice, Purpose

  Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. January 22, 2004.

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• It is absolutely true that I have served in two Democratic administrations. You can tell something from me and my political views from that.

  Elena Kagan

  Views, Two, Political

  "Elena Kagan Under Fire From Republicans". Reuters, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2010.

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• As a Texas loyalist who followed Bush to Washington with great hope and personal affection and as a proud member of his administration, I was all too ready to give him and his highly experienced foreign policy advisers the benefit of the doubt on Iraq. Unfortunately, subsequent events have showed that our willingness to trust the judgment of Bush and his team was misplaced.

  Scott McClellan

  Team, Texas, Iraq

  "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception". Book by Scott McClellan, April 21, 2008.

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• I am proud of the decision of this Administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein. I am proud of the liberation of 25 million Iraqis. And I'm proud to see an Iraq that is now emerging with a stronger government, a truly multiethnic, multi-sectarian government that's about to have its second set of elections, that's inviting private investment into Iraq, and that is making peace with its Arab neighbors.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Government, Iraq, Decision

  Interview With Judy Woodruff of Bloomberg TV, July 1, 2008.

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