“To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the part of the president, for example, that we should extend all of his tax cuts, make all of them permanent.” ShouldPresidentMoneyCuttingExampleRight NowTaxesCrisisPermanentTax CutsInsistence Author:Barack Obama
“For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis isn't just bad taste, it's bad strategy, and I will not tolerate it as president.” KindPresidentEconomicTasteCrisisStrategyGreedMidstExecutivesAwardsToleratePackagesCompensationBad TasteEconomic Crisis Author:Barack Obama
“President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government.” PeopleMenSelfCountryGovernmentNationsPresidentInterestLeadershipIntegrityCrisisHealDecentSteadyDevotedPresidencySelf InterestImpeccableTimes Of CrisisDecent ManPresident Ford Author:Mark Udall
“Since leaving office in 1977, Dr. Kissinger has continued to play a highly influential role in U.S. politics, in the U.S. media, and in the Rockefeller world empire. It was Kissinger, along with David Rockefeller, who was decisive in the disastrous decision of President Carter to admit the recently toppled Shah of Iran, old friend and ally of the Rockefellers into the United States, a decision that led directly to the Iranian hostage crisis and to Carter's downfall.” WorldStatesPlayPresidentDecisionUnitedRolesUnited StatesMediaOfficeCrisisLeavingEmpiresIranManipulationAlliesDrsInfluentialCarterOld FriendsIranianHostageDownfallKissingerPresident CarterHostage Crisis Author:Murray Rothbard
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsSelfProblemGovernmentTogetherPresidentGroupsBearsCapableSolutionsCapacityCrisisComplexesBurdenSuperiorsElitesTemptedGoverning Author:Ronald Reagan
“I can imagine no greater disservice to the country than to establish a system of censorship that would deny to the people of a free republic like our own their indisputable right to criticize their own public officials. While exercising the great powers of the office I hold, I would regret in a crisis like the one through which we are now passing to lose the benefit of patriotic and intelligent criticism.” PeopleI CanCountryPresidentLosesGreaterImagineRegretExerciseOfficeBenefitsCriticismIntelligentCrisisDenyPassingPassingsOfficialsPatrioticCriticizeRepublicCensorshipGreat PowerDisservicePublic Officials Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson