“The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham democracy should be exposed for what it truly is.” ShouldPresidentPartyDemocracyImpossibleIndependentExposedImpossibilityMubarak Author:Madeleine Albright
“Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.” ThinkingGovernmentPoliticalChoicesPoliticsPresidentPositionAbsolutesIndependentVicesLoyaltyAdministrationVice President Author:Hubert H. Humphrey
“As president, I will ensure that the United States is the global energy powerhouse of the 21st century.That means reinstating the Keystone XL Pipeline that President[Barack] Obama rejected. It also means rolling back the regulations from this administration that limit our ability to find resources by imposing regulations on hydraulic fracturing and our ability to be energy independent by regulating drilling on federal lands. As president, I will make America an energy leader through technology and innovation.” MeanStatesAmericaEnergyPresidentAbilityUnitedLeaderTechnologyUnited StatesLandCenturyLimitsResourcesInnovationIndependentAdministrationBarackRegulationRollingRejected21st CenturyImposingPresident Barack ObamaPipelineDrillingKeystonesTechnology And InnovationHydraulic Fracturing Author:Carly Fiorina
“It's my job as President and Congress’s job to maker sure that there’s some rules of the road that people are going to abide by and that we’ve got transparency and accountability that this stuff is being posted and one of the things that we are going to do is put together an independent board on the recovery package…” PeopleTogetherJobsStuffPresidentIndependentCongressRecoveryBoardsAccountabilityPackagesTransparency Author:Barack Obama
“When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When the president takes measures incompatible with the express or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb.” PresidentAuthorityIndependentCongressAbsenceRelyGrantsLowestImplied Author:Arlen Specter
“I think cyber security, cyber warfare will be one of the biggest challenges facing the next president, because clearly we're facing at this point two different kinds of adversaries. There are the independent hacking groups that do it mostly for commercial reasons to try to steal information that they can use to make money.” ThinkingTryingKindTwoDifferentReasonUseNextPresidentChallengesGroupsSecurityInformationIndependentStealingMaking MoneyDifferent KindsWarfareAdversariesHackingCyberCyber SecurityCyber Warfare Author:Hillary Clinton
“As president, I will appoint tough, independent authorities to strengthen anti-trust enforcement and really scrutinize mergers and acquisitions, so the big don't keep getting bigger and bigger.” BigsPresidentAuthorityToughBiggerIndependentEnforcementAcquisitionMergersScrutinizeMergers And Acquisitions Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm going to make a guess, not a definitive statement, I would think if you had to make a decision like that [ completed the e-mail investigation on Hillary Clinton], you'd give it - you'd give that to an independent counsel. You wouldn't make it as the appointee of the new president.” IfsThinkingGivingPresidentDecisionIndependentClintonStatementsMailInvestigation Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Presidents in the modern era who've had significant assets have usually put those into a blind trust with some kind of independent manager.” KindPresidentModernIndependentBlindSignificantManagersErasAssetsModern EraBlind Trust Author:Rachel Martin
“We have introduced equity into our life, including a uniform educational system. We have also introduced a Bill of Rights, which is not just a piece of paper, but a living document because we have created structures that are totally independent of the government and that can overrule the government, even the president.” GovernmentPresidentPiecesOur LivesRightsPaperIndependentBillsStructureIncludingEducationalUniformsDocumentsEquityBill Of RightsEducational System Author:Nelson Mandela
“What the framers of the Constitution tried to achieve when they wrote that Constitution back in the 1700s was an independent federal judiciary. They wanted federal judges to be appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and to serve for good behavior.” WantedPresidentAchieveAdviceJudgingBehaviorConstitutionIndependentSenateConsentJudiciaryFramersGood BehaviorFederal Judges Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“I think my best advice would be to separate Donald Trump, the president of the United States from whatever investigation is being conducted by the FBI. I mean, there is something to be said, frankly, about the need for the appointment of an independent prosecutor because the American people are entitled to have a full review of what happened as a result of what the Russians did during our election.” PeopleThinkingMeanPresidentAdviceIndependentElectionFbiBest AdviceProsecutor Author:Leon Panetta
“We need to be honest with the American people about the problems and the challenges ahead and the solutions that are needed to fix them. And I would argue it's the president who has been missing in action on this front. He knows we have a debt crisis coming. All independent experts show us this. And so he hasn't even given us a budget yet. I mean, the law required that he was supposed to submit a budget the first Monday in February.” PeopleMeanProblemActionPresidentChallengesHonestMissingSolutionsIndependentCrisisArguingBeing HonestSubmitMondayFebruary Author:Paul Ryan
“If I had lost the popular vote but won the electoral college and in my first day as president the intelligence community came to me and said, "The Russians influenced the election," I would've never stood for it. Even though it might've advantaged me, I would've said, "We've got to get to the bottom of this." I would've set up an independent commission with subpoena power and everything else.” PresidentCommunityCollegeVoteIndependentElectionBottom Author:Hillary Clinton
“I've worked with a variety of presidents over the years on both sides of the aisle and congressmen and senators, so I'm not into trying to demonize anybody. It used to be that people would fight like hell on the floor of the house and they'd go have a beer together. Now it's like you're radioactive if you talk to the other side, which keeps us from getting anything done. I'm an independent personally, and I vote for who I believe will make the biggest difference.” PeopleTryingBelieveDoneTogetherFightingHouseI BelievePresidentHellLike YouVoteIndependentVarietyBeer Author:Marc Benioff
“Many conservatives were openly angry with the Bush administration over enormous government spending and the chaos in Iraq. I don't see as much independent thinking on the left, where President Obama is rarely criticized by his acolytes.” ThinkingGovernmentLeftPresidentIndependentAngryChaosIraqSpendingEnormousAdministrationPresident ObamaGovernment SpendingIndependent Thinking Author:Bill O'Reilly
“I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.” PeopleMenGovernmentLawCausesPresidentLibertyClearEffectsIndependentLibertarianPhysicsContractsPredictableNeatCause And EffectLimited GovernmentBig GovernmentLaws Of PhysicsFree GovernmentLimiting GovernmentGovernment And Society Book:The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan Source: The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan
“Every answer he [President John Adams] gives to his addressers unmasks more and more his principles and views. His language to the young men at Philadelphia is the most abominable and degrading that could fall from the lips of the first magistrate of an independent people, and particularly from a Revolutionary patriot.” PeopleMenGivingFirstsYoungFallLanguagePresidentAnswersViewsPrinciplesIndependentLipsRevolutionaryYoung ManPatriotPhiladelphiaDegradingMagistrates Author:James Madison
“The President, and government, will only control the militia when a part of them is in the actual service of the federal government, else, they are independent and not under the command of the president or the government. The states would control the militia, only when called out into the service of the state, and then the governor would be commander in chief where enumerated in the respective state constitution.” StatesGovernmentWould BePresidentConstitutionIndependentCommandChiefsGovernorsFederal GovernmentCommandersMilitiaCommander In Chief Author:Alexander Hamilton
“My case clearly demonstrates the need for comprehensive whistleblower protection act reform. If we had had a real process in place, and reports of wrongdoing could be taken to real, independent arbiters rather than captured officials, I might not have had to sacrifice so much to do what at this point even the President seems to agree needed to be done.” IfsNeedsRealDoneSeemsMightProcessPresidentCasesTakenSacrificeNeededIndependentAgreeProtectionReformOfficialsReportsComprehensiveCapturedWrongdoingArbiterWhistleblowers Author:Edward Snowden
“If the tide of defamation and abuse shall turn, and my administration come to be praised, future Vice-Presidents who may succeed to the Presidency may feel some slight encouragement to pursue an independent course.” IfsFeelsMayTurnsCoursesPresidentSucceedAbuseEncouragementIndependentVicesPursueAdministrationTidesPresidencyVice PresidentDefamation Author:John Tyler
“If Lee Harvey Oswald had nothing to do with President Kennedy's assassination and was framed....this otherwise independent and defiant would-be revolutionary, who disliked taking orders from anyone, turned out to be the most willing and cooperative frame-ee in the history of mankind!! Because the evidence of his guilt is so monumental, that he could have just as well gone around with a large sign on his back declaring in bold letters 'I Just Murdered President John F. Kennedy'!!!” IfsWellsWould BeOrderPresidentGoneMankindWillingEvidenceLettersIndependentGuiltRevolutionaryAssassinationFramedDeclaringCooperativesHarveyPresident KennedyPresident John F KennedyPresident Kennedy's Assassination Author:Vincent Bugliosi