Administration Quotes - Page 4

• The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years.

  Tom Coburn

  Stupid, Government, Years

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• My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality.

  Vinton Cerf

  Reality, Serious, Reactions

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• If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.

  Noah Webster

  Happiness, Failure, Men

  Noah Webster (1835). “Instructive and Entertaining Lessons for Youth: With Rules for Reading with Propriety, Illustrated by Examples: Designed for Use in Schools and Families”, p.230

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• The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.

  Barack Obama

  Friendship, Israel, World

  Speech to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, July 12, 2004.

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• Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.

  Barack Obama

  Military, War, Iraq

  Speech to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, July 12, 2004.

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• The administration says, then, there are no downsides or upsides to treating terrorists like civilian criminal defendants, but a lot of us would beg to differ.

  Sarah Palin

  Criminals, Terrorist, Civilians

  Keynote Speech at the Inaugural Tea Party Convention, delivered 6 February 2010, Nashville, Tennessee

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• What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility?

  Paul Ryan

  Leadership, Responsibility, Men

  Republican National Convention VP Nomination Acceptance, delivered 29 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• The Bush administration did stop filling the reserve in 2002 when it helped the oil industry. Now they should do it to help the consumer.

  Ron Wyden

  Oil, Helping, Filling

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• My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.

  Barack Obama

  Government, Creating, Broken Promises

  "Obama's Opaque Presidency" by Shel Israel, www.forbes.com. November 22, 2013.

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• The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion.

  Julian Bond

  War, Compassion, Iraq

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• While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must focus on graduation as the key accountability measure.

  Ruben Hinojosa

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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• It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.

  John Prescott

  Moving, Aggravation, Decline

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

  Richard V. Allen

  Would Be, Rewards, Firsts

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• Lee's great gifts are teaching and inspirational guidance, not administration and management.

  Cheryl Crawford

  Teaching, Management, Guidance

  Cheryl Crawford (1977). “One naked individual: my fifty years in the theatre”, Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill

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• The Bush administration staunchly opposed legislation which would preserve overtime pay for all workers.

  John Sweeney

  Pay, Legislation, Workers

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• Well, they are critics of the Bush administration generally on the human rights record of the administration, and in particular, they are very, very critical of this use of science.

  Jane Mayer

  Rights, Use, Records

  "Psychological Warfare? A Debate on the Role of Mental Health Professionals in Military Interrogations at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and Beyond". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. August 11, 2005.

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• It is equally demonstrable that so far as Texas is concerned, there have been equal confusion, insecurity and injustice in the administration of the State governments.

  William H. Wharton

  Government, Texas, Confusion

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• The important aspect shouldn't be whose administration it is, the important aspect should be how does the state of Wisconsin work, what can we do to move Wisconsin forward.

  Scott McCallum

  Moving, Important, Doe

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• The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back.

  Stephanie Tubbs Jones

  Block, Cutting, Cities

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• An administration, like a machine, does not create. It carries on.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Doe, Machines, Carrie

  Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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• The worst kind of management seeks a single optimum, a one-scale index of efficiency, like the mindless scales of 1 to 10 for grading a woman's beauty or one to four stars for a movie's appeal.

  James Fallows

  Stars, Women's Beauty, Four

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• It is inappropriate for the Bush administration to trump up a case in which we are ballyhooed into war.

  Mike Farrell

  War, Inappropriate, Trump

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• My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.

  Ken Livingstone

  Issues, Community, Black

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• My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

  Barack Obama

  Government, Effectiveness, Creating

  "Open Government Directive: Obama Moves On Transparency Promise" by Rachel Weiner, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Embarrassingly for Obama, it appeared that his administration had jumped the gun on banning the bullets.

  John R. Lott Jr.

  Gun, Bullets

  "Rare Victory: Obama administration temporarily drops ammo ban proposal" By John R. Lott, www.foxnews.com. March 10, 2015.

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