White House Quotes - Page 23

• I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.

  Jimmy Carter

  White, House, Wish

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• I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.

  Jimmy Carter

  Party, White, Government

  "Interview with Former President Jimmy Carter". "Larry King Live", www.realclearpolitics.com. September 20, 2010.

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• Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House.

  Tony Campolo

  White, America, House

  "The Making of a Better President" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 31, 2011.

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• Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives.

  Tony Campolo

  Government, White, House

  "Will Faith-Based Programs Go Sour on Obama?" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2009.

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• Three publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, 'We would like to publish your book.' I said, 'Well, I don't have a book,' and they said well it's a well known fact that you have kept diaries.

  Barbara Bush

  Book, White, House

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• I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.

  Barbara Bush

  White, House, Missing

  "Erin Burnett Outfront", www.cnn.com. April 17, 2018.

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• And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. I wish him well!

  Barbara Bush

  Inspirational, Women, White

  Barbara Bush's Commencement Address at the Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, www.wellesley.edu. June 1, 1990.

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• American foreign policy had still not recovered from its victory over communism when George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice took over at the White House in 2001.

  Russell Baker

  White, House, Victory

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• When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace.

  Jimmy Carter

  War, White, House

  "Interview: President Jimmy Carter Talks About His New Bible and Christian Beliefs". Interview with Katherine T. Phan, www.christianpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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• I got to be White House chief of staff, ten years of congressman, secretary of defense, vice-president. If you're a political junkie like I obviously am - that was - every one of those was just a tremendous experience. I'm very comfortable with what I did and why I did it and how I did it. And I'll let others judge whether they liked it or not.

  Dick Cheney

  Years, White, Judging

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• When President Obama entered the White House, the economy was in a free-fall. The auto industry: on its back. The banks: frozen up. More than three million Americans had already lost their jobs. And America's bravest, our men and women in uniform, were fighting what would soon be the longest wars in our history.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Jobs, War, Fall

  Rahm Emanuel's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2012.

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• Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that lands like a thud on the oval office desk?

  Rahm Emanuel

  Land, White, Office

  Rahm Emanuel's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.foxnews.com. September 4, 2012.

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• It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally get a religion in the White House that's causing a lot of conflicts, and concerns, and disturbances for a lot of people, it's in the Bush Administration.

  Roger Ebert

  White, People, House

  Interview With Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. August 1, 2003.

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• The White House used to be, everybody looked up at the White House and America and everything, and now I think it's like a house of shame.

  Jonathan Davis

  Thinking, White, America

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• Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Dog, Men, White

  Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century”, Images from the Past Incorporated

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• There's always been that theory that if a candidate can't run a decent campaign, he probably can't run a decent presidency. That might be true, although sadly I must admit that running a brilliant campaign does not translate into running a brilliant White House.

  Gail Collins

  Running, White, House

  "No Longer Debatable — Campaigns Matter". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. October 3, 2012.

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• I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the health care debate. I admire the way Barack Obama has raised a dog in the White House without ever putting it on the roof of the car for a vacation drive.

  Gail Collins

  Dog, Vacation, White

  "Politicians, Love ’Em or Hate ’Em". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. September 21, 2011.

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• I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do.

  Hillary Clinton

  Mean, Ideas, White

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• Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children.

  Hillary Clinton

  Meaningful, Children, White

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• It would be fun to have someone in the White House who has worked in the private sector... and someone who understands that wealth creation is a good thing and they want more of it. Wealth is good.

  Michele Bachmann

  Fun, White, House

  "Bachmann compares debt crisis to Holocaust" by Juana Summers, www.politico.com. April 30, 2011.

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• 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

  White, America, House

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• The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy.

  Helen Thomas

  Book, White, People

  "Hearst" Newspaper Column, November 28, 2001.

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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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• Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, Moving, Errors

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  White, House, Lasts

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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