“Mitt Romney's losing at this point in a big way. If something's going to come out, get it out in a hurry. I do not know why - given that Mr. Romney knew the day that [Sen. John] McCain lost in 2008 that he was going to run for president again - that he didn't get all of this out and tidy up some of his offshore accounts and all the rest.” IfsKnowsWayBigsRunningLostGivenPresidentRepublicanLosingAccountsRomneyMccainTidyOffshore Author:George Will
“As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it - along the lines that President Bush proposed.” BelieveI BelieveSocialPresidentLinesSecurityAccountsSavingReformSocial SecuritySavingsPresident BushSavings Accounts Author:John McCain
“President Obama finally has his own personal Twitter account. Even John McCain said, 'Welcome to the Internet, grandpa.'” SaidPresidentInternetAccountsWelcomePresident ObamaMccainGrandpa Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Hillary Clinton used a private email account to conduct official state business. Experts say that if this violates any federal rules, then she . . . will still be president.” IfsStillsStatesUsedPresidentAccountsClintonExpertsOfficialsEmail Author:Jimmy Fallon
“On the whole, yes, I would rather be the Chief Justice of the United States, and a quieter life than that which becomes at the White House is more in keeping with the temperament, but when taken into consideration that I go into history as President, and my children and my children's children are the better placed on account of that fact, I am inclined to think that to be President well compensates one for all the trials and criticisms he has to bear and undergo.” ThinkingWellsChildrenStatesWholeFactsHousePresidentJusticeWhiteUnitedUnited StatesTakenBearsCriticismAccountsTrialsChiefsMy ChildrenConsiderationWhite HouseTemperamentChief Justice Author:William Howard Taft
“What the Agency [CIA] does is ordered by the President and the NSC [National Security Council]. The Agency neither makes decisions on policy nor acts on its own account. It is an instrument of the President.” DoePresidentDecisionSecurityPolicyAccountsInstrumentsAgencyNational SecurityCouncilCiaSecurity Council Author:Philip Agee
“The president (George W. Bush) says let's have private accounts, and take the surplus money that's being gathered now in Social Security and put it into private accounts. That works.” SocialPresidentSecurityAccountsSocial SecuritySurplusPresident George W Bush Author:Mitt Romney
“I guess the main thing that came out of the Panama Papers was that Ukrainian President Poroshenko had promised to divest of his chocolate company and instead, he simply moved it into an offshore account. And on the very day that he was increasing the attacks on the eastern Donbass region of Ukraine, the export sector, he was signing documents to conceal his own money offshore. So the exposé of the Panama money laundering has hit some of the dictators that America is protecting and promoting.” AmericaPresidentCompanyPaperAccountsMovedRegionsChocolateDictatorDocumentsPapersEasternPromotingUkraineSigningUkrainianPanamaOffshoreMoney Laundering Author:Michael Hudson
“It's part of the strategy to remind people who Hillary Rodham Clinton actually is. If others aren't going to hold her account for her full record, then, yes, we will. And her record includes naming and blaming women who came in contact with her husband, whether it was consensual relationships like Monica Lewinsky, an intern at the White House with him as President, completely debasing the office of the White House - the office of The Presidency - or Jennifer Flowers, 12-year affair while he was Governor of Arkansas.” PeopleIfsYearsHousePresidentWhiteRecordsFlowerHusbandOfficeAccountsBlameStrategyClintonAffairContactWhite HouseGovernorsPresidencyJenniferArkansasMonicaHillary Rodham Clinton Author:Kellyanne Conway
“We've had presidents that have put their stock into account and they didn't know what their stock mix was and I like that. And I think Donald Trump has agreed that he would do the same on his stock. He's either sold it or will do it.” ThinkingKnowsPresidentTrumpAccounts Author:Rand Paul
“It is well known, widely known that the US President-elect [Donald Trump] has publicly spoken in favour of normalising Russian-American relations. We cannot but support this. Of course, we understand that it will not be an easy job, taking into account the degree to which Russian-American relations have degraded. But we are ready to cover our part of the way.” WayWellsJobsCoursesEasyPresidentKnownSupportReadyTrumpDegreesAccountsRelationWell KnownFavourUs President Author:Vladimir Putin
“There was a real choice when [Barack Obama] became president. It was a very difficult choice - to say, "We're not going to hold senior officials to account with the same laws that every other citizen in the country is held to," or "This is a nation that believes in the rule of law."” BelieveRealCountryLawChoicesNationsDifficultPresidentCitizensAccountsBarackOfficialsSeniorRule Of LawDifficult Choices Author:Edward Snowden
“It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” PeopleWantShouldWellsMadeFactsJobsPresidentKnownCapableAccountsWell KnownHitchhikers Guide To The GalaxyHitchhikers GuideHitchhikingFunny Leadership Author:Douglas Adams
“Anyone weighing whether to re-elect the President should take the bin Laden operation into account: it is a powerful exhibit that Obama is a steely Commander in Chief - a critical test for many Americans.” ShouldPresidentPowerfulTestsAccountsCriticalChiefsOperationsCommandersBin LadenExhibitsCommander In ChiefWeighing Author:Jon Meacham
“Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father - and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer.” PersonsProblemFatherPresidentPracticeHusbandAccountsThanksPresident ObamaGolfersGood FatherGood Husband Author:Marco Rubio
“If our country's choice is to be a Great Power, Russia will be the great power not because of the nuclear potential, not because of faith in God or president, or western investments but thanks to the labor of the nation, faith in Knowledge and Science and thanks to the maintenance and development of scientific potential and education.” IfsGodScienceNationsPresidentEducationKnowledgeDevelopmentLaborAccountsInvestmentWesternNuclearRussiaThanksFaith In GodMaintenanceGreat Power Author:Zhores Alferov