“I supported Barack Obama originally. I supported him for reelection and the alternative of a Mitt Romney is very, very clear to everybody. And I think the president has done a good job in a number of areas. But one area that has concerned me from day one has been his reliance on Wall Street type people in terms of financial matters.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensMatterDoneJobsPresidentTermNumbersClearStreetsWallTypeAreasConcernedFinancialBarackAlternativesGood JobRelianceRomneyReelection Author:Bernie Sanders
“We have an anti-choice president, an anti-choice House and Senate. They might pass a national ban. It's already virtually impossible for people in some areas to get an abortion.” PeopleMightChoicesHousePresidentImpossibleAreasAbortionSenateBans Author:Nancy Keenan
“GEJ is the only president in recent years who did not allocate a single oil bloc to anybody, not to talk of himself. And these are the areas where you can tell corruption in its true colour. He did not allocate oil bloc to himself, family or friends up till now. He also did not give a single marginal field to himself or anybody else even though he is the only president that comes from the Niger Delta where the oil is coming from.” GivingYearsPresidentFieldsAreasCorruptionOilColourDeltaNiger Author:Nuhu Ribadu
“As President, I was able to save with the stroke of the pen a hundred million acres of wilderness area in Alaska. This is the kind of thing that is is gratifying to a President, but to be on a solitary stream with good friends, with a fly rod in your hand, and to have a successfull or even an unsuccessful day-they're all successful-is an even greater delight.” KindHandsAblePresidentMillionsSuccessfulGreaterSeaHundredAreasRiversFishesDelightBoatStreamsLakesFishingWildernessPensSolitaryGood FriendStrokesAlaskaAcresUnsuccessful Author:Jimmy Carter
“The president, who finds so much to complain about in other areas of the world, apparently saw nothing wrong in recognizing a Communist regime that has killed more people in its short history of control over the teeming millions of that great country than any other collection of dictators or tyrants in the history of the world.” PeopleWorldWarCountryPresidentMillionsSawsColdAreasComplainingCollectionsCommunistTyrantsRegimesDictatorCold WarRecognizingWorld HistoryGreat Country Author:Barry Goldwater
“When, President Bush asks me to go with his father to the Tsunami impacted areas and help raise money, I was thrilled to do that, because I think we have to always keep looking for common ground.” ThinkingHelpingAsksFatherPresidentCommonAreasRaisesAsk MePresident BushCommon GroundTsunami Author:William J. Clinton
“Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement.” MatterStatesLawPoliticalPresidentPolicyAreasAffairLaw EnforcementEnforcementSpectrumPolitical SpectrumDomestic Policy Author:David K. Shipler
“The president is eager to get to work and looks forward to working with the new Congress on policies that will make sure middle-class Americans are sharing in the economic recovery, but the president is clear that he will not let this Congress undo important protections gained -- particularly in areas of health care, Wall Street reform and the environment.” LooksImportantCarePresidentClassClearEnvironmentEconomicStreetsMiddlePolicyHealthWallAreasCongressProtectionRecoveryReformHealth CareMiddle ClassEconomic Recovery Author:Barack Obama
“I am Catholic but I want to say something to the Catholics. Thank you for some of the bishops who live in rural areas, and are still Catholic. These bishops of the Catholic churches still pray for the poor, and pray for their president who works for the poor, while the leaders of the Catholic Church only defend oligarchy.” WantStillsPresidentChurchPoorLeaderPrayingAreasCatholicCatholic ChurchBishopsOligarchyRural Areas Author:Evo Morales
“Geraldo has been in Lebanon. He has done some excellent reporting out of there, and of course, we now know by virtue of the president's speech on Tuesday night that the terrorist organizations that operate in that area are now on the list.” KnowsHas BeensDoneNightCoursesPresidentVirtueSpeechAreasOrganizationListsTerroristExcellentTuesdayLebanonTuesday Night Author:Brit Hume
“I'm just warning you here: Don't anybody ask about the president's religion! Don't even get close to going there. Don't do it. That is a forbidden area. You cannot even ask about it.” AsksPresidentAreasWarningForbidden Author:Rush Limbaugh
“One of the cool things, obviously there's 'Scandal,' 'House of Cards,' there was 'West Wing.' Other than that Jack Lemmon/James Garner movie about ex-presidents, no one's ever done anything in this area, whereas a lot of times, we do a story where someone goes, "Oh, yeah, they did someone sleeping with a Secret Service agent on 'House of Cards.'"” DoneStoriesHousePresidentSleepSecretAreasYeahWingsWestCardsAgentsExesScandalCool ThingsSecret ServiceHouse Of Cards Author:David Mandel
“I am somewhat influenced by the years that I've spent trying to actually get things done, whether it was reforming education in Arkansas or a survey and Legal Services Corporation board when President [Jimmy ]Carter appointed me and trying to get lawyers for poor people. I have worked in these areas. I know it's more than just a hope. You've got to translate it into a policy that leads to action.” PeopleKnowsTryingYearsDoneActionPresidentPoorPolicyAreasLawyerCorporationsBoardsTranslatePoor PeopleJimmyThings DoneCarterSurveysArkansasPresident Jimmy Carter Author:Hillary Clinton
“It was a week after Donald Trump had won. And initially he was still optimistic. He felt that things would be OK ultimately. And I have to tell you, this is the area where, you know, I see, you know, some degree of contradiction. I mean, the president, you know, at one point when he was campaigning said I believe that Donald Trump was not qualified to run a 7-Eleven.” KnowsBelieveMeanSaidStillsWould BeRunningI BelieveFeltPresidentWeekTrumpDegreesAreasOptimisticContradictionQualifiedElevenCampaigning Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“My hope is that the president-elect [Donald Trump] coming in takes a similarly constructive approach, finding areas where we can cooperate with Russia, where our values and interests align. But that the president-elect also is willing to stand up to Russia where they are deviating from our values and international norms.” ValuesPresidentInterestWillingTrumpFindingsApproachAreasInternationalRussiaNormConstructive Author:Barack Obama
“You have a lot of unfinished business, but obviously every president who leaves, particularly after two terms, can point to many different areas where there has been progress and there has been change.” Has BeensTwoDifferentPresidentTermProgressAreasUnfinishedUnfinished Business Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I still don't feel responsible for what Donald Trump says or does. But I do feel a responsibility as president of the United States to make sure that I facilitate a good transition and I present to him as well, as the American people my best thinking, my best ideas about how you move the country forward. To speak out with respect to areas where I think the Republican party's wrong, but to pledge to work with them on those things that I think will advance the causes of security and prosperity and justice and inclusiveness in America.” PeopleThinkingFeelsWellsDoeStillsIdeasCountryStatesAmericaMovingSpeakCausesPresidentJusticeUnitedPartyResponsibilityUnited StatesSecurityTrumpRepublicanAreasResponsibleProsperityTransitionRepublican PartyPledgeSpeaks OutFacilitateInclusiveness Author:Barack Obama
“I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas, and I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed, you and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.” ThinkingWellsRememberPresidentCommunityJusticeIssuesFireFeetTrumpAreasCriminalsYesterdayOppressionRelateVotingUrbanPositivelyCriminal JusticeUrban Areas Author:Al Sharpton
“On many, many issues, Hillary Clinton's views are progressive. In many areas, they are awesome. Where they're not progressive, we've got to push her, and the day after the election, I will mobilize millions of people to make sure that we make her the most progressive president that she can be.” PeoplePresidentViewsMillionsIssuesAreasElectionClintonProgressive Author:Bernie Sanders
“Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.” IfsMatterProblemForcePresidentDecisionResponsibilityAreasPressureDown AndStructureAddReverseDelegatesDelegationBottlenecks Book:Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001 Source: Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001
“The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to grow together, in America. But color was something else. Reds were murdered like wild animals. Yellows were characterized as a peril and incarcerated en masse during World War ii for no really good reason by our most liberal president. Browns have been abused as the new slave labor on farms. The blacks, who did not come here willingly, are now, more than a century after emancipation by Lincoln, still suffering a host of slave like inequalities.” WorldHas BeensStillsDifferentWarReasonTogetherAmericaSufferingGrowsPresidentAnimalCenturyColorAreasLaborFunctionSlaveImmigrationInequalityWar Of The WorldsPotFarmsCrucialHostWorld War IiWorld War IPerilNationalityMeltingEmancipationWild AnimalMelting PotSlave Labor Author:Theodore Hesburgh