President Quotes - Page 28

• Here's a guy [Marco Rubio] - here's a guy that buys a house for $179,000, he sells it to a lobbyist who's probably here for $380,000 and then legislation is passed. You tell me about this guy. This is what we're going to have as president.

  Donald Trump

  House, Guy, Lobbyists

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Closing the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is a promise President [Barack] Obama made it but has yet to fulfill.

  Audie Cornish

  Promise, Cuba, Prison

  Source: www.npr.org

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• We'll review President Obama's plan [on closing Guantanamo], but since it includes bringing dangerous terrorists to facilities in U.S. communities, he should know that the bipartisan will of Congress has already been expressed against that proposal.

  Audie Cornish

  Community, Proposal, Should

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Now if you can recognize and memorize a grandmaster's game, and you have the respect to understand [Zimbabwean president Robert] Mugabe who has survived past anyone's expectations, and make the simple assumption it wasn't an accident, and you understand why he did what he did, now you're ready to predict ... The key to forecasting is to understand both the constraints nations are under and the manner in which the struggle for power shapes leaders.

  George Friedman

  Struggle, Simple, Past

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I will tell you, as president, I'm not going to be neutral. America will stand unapologetically with Israel.

  Ted Cruz

  Israel, America

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. February 28, 2016.

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• President Ted Cruz is going to send the feds to his house, take him out and put him on a plane.

  Bill O'Reilly

  House, Feds, Planes

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• This guy [Donald Trump] has not offered a single serious policy proposal, which is important if you want to be president of the United States. And Hillary Clinton is going to have clear shot to the Oval Office. And so I think there are many out there that are rooting for that outcome, so that he's the nominee. And you can see it in the coverage he's gotten.

  Marco Rubio

  Thinking, Office, Guy

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I do not think anyone who ever saw Lyndon Johnson give a speech would call him charismatic, even though he was one of the most effective presidents in U.S. history. Same with Lincoln. Charisma is only one source of power, and probably not a very important one, at that.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Thinking, Giving, Important

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• In 1985, a group of mujahedeen came to Washington and was greeted by President Reagan, who called them "freedom fighters." These people, by the way, don't represent Islam in any formal sense. They're not imams or sheiks. They are self-appointed warriors for Islam.

  Edward Said

  Warrior, Self, People

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• He [Doanald Trump] had no business being president of the United States.

  Chris Christie

  United States, Trump, States

  "All In with Chris Hayes, Transcript". www.msnbc.com. February 26, 2016.

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• You see sort of the difference in the way that Marco Rubio was talking in that kind of way. That kind of [Donald] Trump imitating way, which is designed to connect with certain people who want to see that from their political candidates as opposed to kind of speaking in the measured tones that we`re used to from Republican politicians who are trying to become president.

  Donald Trump

  Talking, Differences, People

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I think he [Donald Trump] is generally a good person, but you know what? He had no business being president of the United States. If I thought he did, I wouldn`t be running. I`d be helping him.

  Chris Christie

  Running, Thinking, United States

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I understand the anger Americans feel today. In the past, our presidents have channeled that anger and forged it into resolve, into endurance and high purpose, and into the will to defeat the enemies of freedom. Our anger was transformed into energy directed for good. Donald Trump is directing our anger for less than noble purposes.

  Mitt Romney

  Past, Enemy, Endurance

  Transcript of Mitt Romney’s Speech on Donald Trump, www.nytimes.com. March 3, 2016.

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• I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security. I had to say something. Kelly's nomination would go against who President Obama is.

  Adepero Oduye

  Nominations, Assuming, Should

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• Well, Lula has an incredible amount of sway still. He's someone who came up from very humble origins, so his life trajectory is something that many people in Brazil still identify with. So within the governing Workers' Party, he has a lot of power. He has power to name ministers, some people say. And he's very close with the current president as well. She's his handpicked successor.

  Simon Romero

  Party, Humble, Names

  "Brazil's Former President Questioned In Corruption Investigation". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. March 4, 2016.

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• When President Mbeki said, if you get AIDS, you can have a shower and it goes away. It's like, oh, come on. Or it's caused by poverty. We faced those kind of issues. But now, with the new regime, they have really woken up, paid attention. And when South Africa speaks, then the whole of Africa will listen. And I have got great hopes for that.

  Elton John

  Issues, Attention, Poverty

  "Elton John on AIDS: Compassion is Part of the Cure". Interview with Gwen Ifill, www.pbs.org. July 24, 2012.

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• They're [[harmaceuticals companies] just making a killing out of people's death. And they're benefiting by people's suffering. And I find that obscene. I find it ridiculous in this day and age, that that would happen. And it took President Clinton to go to rogue pharmaceutical companies to copy the antiretroviral drugs for a fraction of the cost.

  Elton John

  People, Drug, Suffering

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• What I can tell you is I'm not running for president. I'm not going to run for president. I'm going to support one of these four people to be our nominee. I'm supporting three of them right now. And that means that we're going to get one of those people as our nominee.

  Mitt Romney

  Running, Mean, People

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• In terms of my own plans, I anticipate supporting one of the three, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio or John Kasich as our nominee. If they don't become the nominee, then I'm probably going to go to the voting booth and find someone else who's running as a conservative or perhaps just write in the name of someone I believe should become the president of the United States, who I could be proud of and who I believe is interested in balancing the budget, keeping America safe with a strong military, and is not willing to disparage fellow Americans, Mexican-Americans, Muslims, and so forth.

  Mitt Romney

  Running, Strong, Military

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I think we can all agree this is a very important election [2016]. We don't want to see Hillary Clinton become the president of the United States.

  Mitt Romney

  Thinking, Important, Want

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I think the great majority of Republicans, mainstream Republicans from across the country, don't want to see Donald Trump as president of the United States either. They're concerned they'd see a recession and I think they are also concerned we'd see a more dangerous world.

  Mitt Romney

  Country, Thinking, Dangerous World

  "Rush Limbaugh on rift that threatens the Republican Party; Mitt Romney talks Trump attack, future of the GOP". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 6, 2016.

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• The gender gap looks at this point like it's going to favor the president, particularly among white suburban women. I certainly think it's going to be an issue. But I think the single most important thing in this election will be turnout.

  Anna Quindlen

  Thinking, Gender Gap, White

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• an the president bring out the voters who were so enthusiastic about him in 2008 and seem a little disenchanted now? Can he bring out young people? Can he bring out Latinos? Can he bring out those white suburban moms?

  Anna Quindlen

  Mom, White, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• This is all about creating good jobs for middle-income Americans, and it's a place where the President, frankly, has failed. His effort to put in place a series of liberal proposals he thought were historic kept his eye off the ball of getting the economy going again. It is the economy, and the American people aren't stupid. They want someone who can get this economy going again.

  Mitt Romney

  Jobs, Stupid, Eye

  "Criticizing Bain Doesn't Make You 'Socialist'" by Froma Harrop, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 29, 2012.

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• What outsourcing causes - what it's caused by, rather. I understand, for instance, how to read a balance sheet. I happen to believe that having been in the private sector for twenty-five years gives me a perspective on how jobs are created - that someone who's never spent a day in the private sector, like President Obama, simply doesn't understand.

  Mitt Romney

  Jobs, Believe, Years

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