White House Quotes - Page 34

• There have not been children of comparable youth in the White House since the Kennedy era.

  Pierre Salinger

  Children, White, House

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• The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure.

  Harry Shearer

  Hype, White, House

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• While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and destroyed records rather than have to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles. So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House, the Supreme Court, the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the media. The America I loved still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Country, Book, Names

  "A Man Without a Country". Book by Kurt Vonnegut (pp. 102-103), September 15, 2005.

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• Republicans have to be relieved. Given all the bad news this White House has faced, at least the president's hemorrhaging has stopped.

  Stuart Rothenberg

  White, House, President

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• I literally went from the outhouse to the White House.

  Wynonna Judd

  White, House

  "Ashley Judd's Story of Abuse Echoes Family's Sad Narrative" by Susan Donaldson James, abcnews.go.com. April 01, 2011.

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• The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the streets.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Wisdom, Rights, White

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• John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant first lady, and two adorable young children.

  Kitty Kelley

  Country, Witty, Children

  "Capturing Camelot" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 27, 2012.

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• The White House released documents it claims validates the president's (National Guard) service ... When deciphered the documents showed that in a one-year period, 1972 and 1973, Bush received credit for nine days of active National Guard service. The traditional term of service then and now for the National Guard is one weekend a month and two full weeks a year, meaning that Bush's nine-day stint qualifies him only for the National Guard's National Guard. That's the National Guard's National Guard, an Army of None.

  Jon Stewart

  Army, Weekend, Years

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• Some would argue that the president himself benefited from a form of affirmative action because as a C student, he only got into Yale because his father was a wealthy alumnus. But the White House counters that Saddam is a menace and must be stopped.

  Jon Stewart

  Father, Yale, White

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• I've had some wonderful times at the White House. I've been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush.

  Dom DeLuise

  Fog, White, House

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• While I'm critical to the Bush presidency, it's been enormously beneficial for Salon because we're seen as kind of an aggressive watchdog on the Bush White House. Particularly since Florida, our readership hit a whole new level, and we held onto those readers.

  David Talbot

  White, Florida, House

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• Michelle Obama was asked when life begins. According to her it's when she and Barack take over the White House.

  Evan Sayet

  White, House, Euthanasia

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• Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.

  Naomi Klein

  Men, Our World, White

  "It's greed, not ideology, that rules the White House" by Naomi Klein, www.theguardian.com. December 22, 2003.

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• I guarantee, that if I am elected, I will take over the White House, hang out, shoot pool, scratch my ass, and not do a damn thing . . . Which is to say, if you want something done, don't come to me to do it for you; you got to get together and figure out how to do it yourselves. Is that a deal?

  Utah Phillips

  Guarantees That, Want Something, White

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• Both Kennedy and Obama exuded a dash of glamour in their roles as commander-in-chief and became the darlings of Hollywood. As president, each brought to the White House a fashionable and accomplished First Lady, two adorable young children and scene-stealing pets.

  Kitty Kelley

  Children, Two, White

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• I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers.

  Jay Sekulow

  Faith, Religious, Thinking

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• Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states united through a bloody civil war.

  Kitty Kelley

  War, Men, White

  "Capturing Camelot" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 27, 2012.

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• The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.

  Fred Barnes

  Giving Up, Winning, Media

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• I'd rather go to the White House Correspondents' dinner than any awards show.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Awards, White, House

  Interview with Arianna Huffington, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 22, 2011.

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• President Obama had lunch with Republican leaders at the White House today and had to do without salt, pepper and butter. Not for dietary reasons. The Republicans refused to pass anything.

  Jay Leno

  Lunch, White, House

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• Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace?

  Vladimir Putin

  White, Giving, House

  "Putin rejects 'child-killer talks'". news.bbc.co.uk. September 7, 2004.

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• Every member of Congress and every Senator kind of runs their own race with their own message because they don't want to necessarily have dictated from the White House what that message should be.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Running, White, Race

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I still like and admire George W. Bush. I consider him a fundamentally decent person, and I do not believe he or his White House deliberately or consciously sought to deceive the American people.

  Scott McClellan

  Believe, White, People

  Scott McClellan (2008). “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception”, PublicAffairs

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• If you want to - if you want to engage in conspiracy theories that the White House and the vice president intended no one to ever know - like "The New York Times" - we would have been kept in the dark forever. I just think that's completely irrational.

  Kate O'Beirne

  New York, Dark, Thinking

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. February 17, 2006.

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• I frankly can't wait, because the idea of Bill Clinton back in the White House with nothing to do is something I just can't imagine, I can't imagine the American people can imagine.

  Mitt Romney

  Ideas, White, People

  Mitt Romney at GOP primary debate at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, www.nytimes.com. January 24, 2008.

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