President Quotes - Page 17

• President Clinton and President Obama played a round of golf over the weekend. President Clinton asked Obama what his handicap was, and Obama said, 'Joe Biden.'

  Jay Leno

  Golf, Weekend, Biden

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• President Obama shopped at a book store to help support Small Business Saturday. He bought fifteen books. His tax policies and his health care law have been so brutal on small businesses the only way they can survive is if he shops there personally.

  Argus Hamilton

  Book, Law, Support

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• The president of the United States, the most famous person in the world, maybe in the whole galaxy - in a long time - he had to spend like a billion dollars to set the record straight.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Long, United States, Dollars

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• There are now reports that President Obama will name Massachusetts Senator John Kerry to be the next secretary of defense. Apparently this is part of America's new defense strategy to bore our enemies to death.

  Jay Leno

  Names, America, Enemy

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• As president, I will fight to make tuition in public colleges and universities free, as well as substantially lower interest rates on student loans.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, College, Tuition

  Bernie Sanders (2016). “Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in”, p.106, Profile Books

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• [E]ncouraging the Muslim world, and particularly the Arab Muslim world, which is the heart of the global terrorist threat - to adopt democratic ways and to shine the light of liberty into its culture of medieval darkness is a pragmatic necessity for the future security of the civilized world. That is the reality behind the President's address. Only people in serious denial can be blind to this fact. Only liberals.

  David Horowitz

  Heart, Reality, Light

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• Here's some exciting news - according to The New York Post, both Al Gore and John Kerry are thinking of running for president in 2008. Gore and Kerry again! Political experts say it's too early to tell who would lose bigger!

  Jay Leno

  Running, New York, Thinking

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• In a world that has gone global, we no longer have a choice. If we don't export freedom, we risk importing the viruses which have corrupted other nations. ... Some critics complained that President Bush was arrogant when he suggested America can and should export freedom to other countries. This implies the people of unfree countries may not wish to be free. Which is the greater arrogance?

  Cal Thomas

  Country, America, People

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• According to the people who dearly would love to throw him out of office, Barack Obama was elected to be 'above politics.' He wasn't elected to be president, after all. He was elected as an avatar of American tolerance. His attempts to get himself reelected imply a certain, well, ingratitude.

  Charlie Pierce

  People, Office, Tolerance

  "Black Like Him: Obama's Narrow Path to Reelection". www.esquire.com. July 23, 2015.

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• Why am I running for president? Well, my wife, Cindy, says it is because I sustainedseveral severe blows to the head in prison camp.

  John McCain

  Running, Blow, Wife

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• Mr. President, I love you, but you're wrong. (To Richard Nixon, on the Vietnam War)

  Paul Harvey

  War, Love You, Vietnam

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• I was once asked if I'd like to meet the president of a certain country. I said, "No, but I'd love to meet some sheepherders." The sheepherders, farmers and taxi drivers are often the most interesting people.

  James A. Michener

  Country, People, Interesting

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• Given her lack of experience, does anyone doubt that Ms. Miers's only qualification to be a Supreme Court justice is her close connection to the president? Would the president have ever picked her if she had not been his lawyer, his close confidante, and his adviser?

  Randy Barnett

  Justice, Doubt, Connections

  "BUSH DEFENDS MIERS FROM HIS OWN / THE SUPREME COURT IN TRANSITION / President's supporters rush to attack nominee as a crony lacking record and intellectual depth" by Carolyn Lochhead, www.sfgate.com. October 5, 2005.

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• It's not just enough to change the president if we want to change America.

  Dan Quayle

  America, Want, Enough

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• Ronald Reagan is the most ignorant president since Warren Harding.

  Ralph Nader

  Ignorant, Warren Harding, Harding

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• You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all the people some of the time, which is just long enough to be president of the United States.

  Spike Milligan

  Long, People, United States

  Spike Milligan (2014). “Puckoon”, p.14, Penguin UK

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• I worry about a culture that devalues life and believe as your president I have an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, America, Worry

  Remarks on Stem Cell Research, delivered 9 August 2001

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• The job of the president of the United States is not to love his wife; it's to manage a wide range of complicated issues.

  Matthew Yglesias

  Jobs, Issues, Wife

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• Liberals compare Jerry Falwell to the Taliban, but then are furious with George Bush for not being Jesus Christ. Evidently, what a president is supposed to do when the girls are scared is develop complete omniscience and omnipotence. Thus, the media repeatedly expound upon the proposition that what Bush should have done in response to the anthrax mailings is: Instantly produce the culprits and put an end to this madness!

  Ann Coulter

  Girl, Jesus, Media

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• Nothing works on the campaign trail like attacks on candidates for bad attendance. It alienates people on both sides of every issue and reflects a callous disregard of the work of the people. The feeble argument that "I'm running for president" isn't much of a rebuttal: George W. Bush finds time to be president, and he's running too.

  Dick Morris

  Running, Issues, People

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• Americans will gladly support their president when he attacks nations that sponsor or harbor terrorists. We will even back him in a preemptive war against a country that might attack us. But when we start sending troops around the world to stabilize nations that, if left to disintegrate, might become breeding grounds for terror, it's a step too far for most Americans.

  Dick Morris

  Country, War, Support

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• There's a whole lot of America that looks at each other and says, 'Well, there's 340 million people living in America. Isn't there somebody other than a Bush or a Clinton who can be president in these modern times'?

  Jeb Bush

  America, People, Looks

  "Brian Schweitzer Mulling 2016 Presidential Bid" by Scott Conroy, www.realclearpolitics.com. October 18, 2013.

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• It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations.

  Jeb Bush

  Dad, Motivation, People

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• John Kerry is recovering nicely after having prostate surgery. But the doctors did tell him it would be several months before he could be sexually active again. All the other Democratic candidates have been very supportive. Joe Lieberman called to wish him the best. The Rev. Al Sharpton called to offer prayers. Former President Bill Clinton called Mrs. Kerry and asked if she was lonely.

  Jay Leno

  Lonely, Prayer, Doctors

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• [I]nstead of spending your energy attacking the parts of the president's [health care] proposal you don't like, you can use it to strengthen the parts you do.

  Kathleen Sebelius

  Energy, Use, Care

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