“The fundamental reality for every worker, from sweeper to executive vice-president, is the eight hours or so that he spends on the job. In our society of organizations, it is the job through which the great majority has access to achievement, to fulfillment, and to community.” RealityJobsPresidentCommunityHoursAchievementOrganizationFundamentalsMajorityWorkersVicesEightAccessFulfillmentOur SocietyExecutivesVice PresidentSweepers Author:Peter Drucker
“Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.” LiteraturePresidentOne ThingAchievementAffairListsRememberedSuspectsWatergateForeign Affairs Author:Bob Woodward
“Our best presidents have really combined domestic leadership with heroic achievements in foreign affairs or war.” WarPresidentAchievementAffairHeroicForeign Affairs Author:Allan Lichtman
“We will not let the price of peace be greater than the price of war, we will firmly safeguard the achievements of the past 13 years under former President Karzai.” YearsWarPastPeacePresidentGreaterAchievementFormer Author:Ashraf Ghani
“The Republicans want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, I want to improve it. I want to build on it, get the costs down, get prescription drug costs down. Senator Sanders wants us to start all over again. This was a major achievement of President [Barack] Obama, of our country. It is helping people right now.” PeopleWantCountryHelpingCarePresidentRepublicanRight NowCostDrugAchievementMajorsOur CountryBarackSenatorsWant UHelping PeopleAffordablePrescriptionsPresident Barack ObamaPrescription DrugsAffordable Care Act Author:Hillary Clinton
“Russia, despite its heavy flirtation with capitalism and some quite unsavory oligarchs, is still building its foreign policy on the Soviet ideals of internationalism, solidarity and logic. And even domestically, President [Vladin]Putin is slowly, step-by-step, restoring many important Soviet achievements that were torpedoed by a nitwit, and one gangster - [Mikhail] Gorbachev and [Boris] Yeltsin.” StillsImportantPresidentStepsPolicyBuildingAchievementCapitalismIdealsLogicHeavyRussiaDespiteSovietForeign PolicySolidarityPutinGangstersRestoringFlirtationInternationalismGorbachev Author:Andre Vltchek
“What's more important than the media, there's this thing called ObamaCare, which was President Obama's signature domestic achievement. It won Republicans the House in 2014 - 2010. It won Republicans the Senate in 2014.” ImportantHousePresidentMediaRepublicanAchievementPresident ObamaSenateObamacareSignatures Author:William Kristol
“Fidel Castro outlasted U.S. presidents determined to overthrow him, survived the collapse of the communist bloc that sustained him and outlived many of those who wanted to replace him. For those reasons, he will go down in history as among the world's most skillful politicians, even if his achievements largely die with him.” IfsWorldReasonWantedDiesPresidentPoliticianAchievementDeterminedCommunistCollapseSurvivedSkillfulCastro Author:Tom Gjelten
“If Hillary Clinton wins, she becomes the face of the Democrat Party. She becomes the face of the power. She becomes the focus of attention for the media and everybody else - rendering Barack Obama not invisible, but certainly secondary status. I have my doubts about that. I think there is such devotion - media - for and to Obama that I think he's gonna remain prominent no matter who is elected president, and I think that he is going to seek to undermine anyone, whoever they are, if they try to undermine or unravel any of his so-called achievements.” ThinkingTryingWinningPresidentPartyAttentionDoubtFocusAchievementClintonDemocratInvisibleDevotionBarack Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college. As First Lady Michelle Obama sums up, both she and the President believe 'strongly that arts education is essential for building innovative thinkers who will be our nation's leaders for tomorrow.'” FirstsBelieveArtProblemNationsPresidentLeaderStudentsBuildingCollegeGoes OnTomorrowDisciplineEssentialsAchievementIncreaseThinkerGraduatesOddsInnovativeCarpe DiemBoostFirst LadyCarpeArt EducationStudent Achievement Author:Arne Duncan
“To have united the purposes of an entire Nation, is the great historical achievement of the man in whose strong hands our President has placed the fate of our people.” PeopleMenHandsPurposeStrongNationsPresidentUnitedFateHe ManAchievementHistoricalStrong HandsGreat Historical Author:Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
“A modest critique of an age in which an actor is the President, in which fashion models are asked for their opinions, in which getting into a nightclub is seen as a significant human achievement.” WorldHumansAgeAmericaActorsPresidentOpinionModernFashionAchievementModelsSignificantModestModern WorldCritiqueNightclubsFashion Model Author:Jay McInerney