“Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. over his right shoulder and a bust of Abraham Lincoln over his left shoulder, Obama told 'National Journal' that the country's economic woes are deep and endemic.” CountryLeftEconomicPaintingKingsOfficeSittingShouldersJournalWoeLutherAbrahamOval Author:Ron Fournier
“In less than a year, the Bush administration will strut out of office, leaving the country in roughly the same condition a toddler leaves a diaper.” YearsCountryPoliticalConditionsOfficeLeavingAdministrationDiapersToddlerLeaving The Country Author:Graydon Carter
“I take office during the most difficult moment in the country's recent history. The country can be saved - it's up to us. I think it is obvious for those who support this government to undertake the commitment and ensure that our country's euro membership is not endangered.” ThinkingCountryMomentsGovernmentDifficultSupportOfficeCommitmentObviousSavedOur CountryEuroMembershipDifficult Moments Author:Lucas Papademos
“Before Barack Obama took office, it looked like that pride could have vanished forever, but today, from the staggering depths of the Great Recession, the nation has had 29 straight months of job growth. Workers across my state and across the country are getting back the dignity of a good job and a good salary.” CountryStatesTodayJobsNationsGrowthForeverPrideMonthsOfficeDignityDepthWorkersBarackGood JobSalaryRecessionsStaggeringJob GrowthGreat Recession Author:Ted Strickland
“It's interesting what former presidents do when they leave office. Bush is now working as a motivational speaker. And if you want to be motivated, who better to turn to than the guy who invaded the wrong country and started a depression.” IfsWantCountryGuyTurnsPresidentInterestingOfficeFormerMotivatedSpeakersMotivational Speakers Author:David Letterman
“By hook or by crook, we're going to make sure that when I leave this office, that the country is more prosperous, more people have opportunity, kids have a better education, we're more competitive, climate change is being taken more seriously than it was.Those are going to be the measures by which I look back and say whether I've been successful as president.” PeopleLooksCountryKidsOpportunityPresidentSuccessfulTakenOfficeClimateClimate ChangeHookProsperousCrooks Author:Barack Obama
“I have a lot of respect for President Obama. I consider him a friend. I disagree with him on issues like the extension of tax breaks that Bush initiated. But I think history will judge a President Obama a lot better than many other contemporaries, given the fact that he came into office at a time when this country was in terrible, terrible shape.” ThinkingCountryFactsGivenPresidentBreakIssuesJudgingTerribleShapesTaxesOfficeDisagreePresident ObamaExtensionsTax Breaks Author:Bernie Sanders
“The President of the United States of necessity owes his election to office to the suffrage and zealous labors of a political party, the members of which cherish with ardor and regard as of essential importance the principles of their party organization; but he should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves the country best.” ShouldCountryStatesFactsPoliticalPresidentUnitedPartyPrinciplesUnited StatesMembersEssentialsOfficeLaborOrganizationImportanceRegardElectionStriveCherishPolitical PartiesSuffrageZealousArdor Book:Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition Source: Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition
“Today the Israeli government continues seizures of Palestinian land for settlements, military incursions into surrounding countries and denial of the right of Palestinians expelled by terror to return. Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister, is a war criminal who should be in prison, not in office. Israel's own Kahan commission found that Sharon shared responsibility for the Sabra and Shatila massacres.” ShouldWarCountryGovernmentTodayFoundResponsibilityLandMilitaryReturnOfficePrisonTerrorIsraelCriminalsDenialMinistersPrimePalestinianPrime MinisterIsraeliSettlementMassacresArielSeizuresSharonShared Responsibility Author:Ken Livingstone
“I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office.” PeopleThinkingCountryRunningMediaOfficeNewsNegativeHarderDecentDestructiveViciousPublic OfficeNews Media Author:Newt Gingrich
“When Tony Benn became a minister in the 1960s -- and I think this must be apocryphal -- he had a huge map of Britain hung upside down in his office, so the channel was at the top and Scotland was at the bottom and, apparently, he said, "This is how we need to look at this country, with the money and the power draining by force of gravity out of the south east." That was a great idea. I rather liked him for that. I don't know if it's actually true or not.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsLooksSaidIdeasCountryForceHugeOfficeSouthBottomEastMinistersBritainMapsGravityHungScotland1960sGreat IdeaUpside DownDraining Author:Neal Ascherson
“A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.” ChildrenCountryRunningStreetsReturnOffersOfficeStriveCaringNeighborEmpoweringOur SocietyEmpowering WomenPrivate SectorRunning For OfficePartnering Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“A country without a patent office and good patent laws is just a crab, and can't travel any way but sideways and backways.” WayCountryLawOfficePatentsSidewaysCrabsPatent Law Author:Mark Twain
“If there is one thing for which we stand in this country, it is for complete religious freedom, and it is an emphatic negation of this right to cross-examine a man on his religion before being willing to support him for office.” IfsMenCountryReligiousSupportOne ThingAtheismWillingOfficeCrossesPositive AtheismReligious FreedomNegation Book:Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia