“You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, "Look, we're in the same city, we're in the same building, for God's sake, the U.N. Let 's just sit down and begin to talk peace."” KnowsLooksSaidPresidentCitiesBuildingDown AndSakeAbba Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for 'That One.' And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president.” ThinkingKnowsMayRunningPoliticalFatherNamesPresidentMiddleBarackKrypton Author:Barack Obama
“I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.” KnowsWantYearsWantedPresidentGrowing UpGrowingTenTownsChicagoMayors Author:William Petersen
“You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son.” KnowsFatherNamesPresidentSonProudDadGovernorsFather Son Author:Michael Reagan
“As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person?” IfsKnowsPersonsPresidentRaceGayConversationFemaleCrossesAfrican AmericanAsianHurdleAmerican PresidentHurdling ObstaclesFemale President Author:Octavia Spencer
“There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don't know what effect it has until you hear it.” KnowsHumanityPresidentEffectsHearing Author:Andrew Sullivan
“Mitt Romney's losing at this point in a big way. If something's going to come out, get it out in a hurry. I do not know why - given that Mr. Romney knew the day that [Sen. John] McCain lost in 2008 that he was going to run for president again - that he didn't get all of this out and tidy up some of his offshore accounts and all the rest.” IfsKnowsWayBigsRunningLostGivenPresidentRepublicanLosingAccountsRomneyMccainTidyOffshore Author:George Will
“I do not yet know if I will find a Romney presidency more acceptable on foreign policy. But I do know that I must oppose the most recent statements made by Mitt Romney in which he says he, as president, could take us to war unilaterally with Iran, without any approval from Congress.” IfsKnowsMadeWarPresidentPolicyRepublicanCongressStatementsIranForeign PolicyAcceptableApprovalPresidencyRomney Author:Rand Paul
“There's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism we like. Vulture capitalism, no. And the fact of the matter is that he's going to have to face up to this at some time or another, and South Carolina is as good a place to draw that line in the sand as any.” KnowsTryingRealMatterStatesDoneFactsUseProblemJobsFacesPresidentDifferencesLinesUnitedUnited StatesKnow HowRepublicanPaperDrawsCapitalismSouthSandTexasVentureCarolinaSouth CarolinaVultureLines In The Sand Author:Rick Perry
“Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job.” KnowsMadeEnoughJobsUnderstandingPresidentMistakeRolesDimensionsSolemnSymbolicMandates Author:Nicolas Sarkozy
“When you're the president of the United States and you know that the biggest issue facing you is this cliff that we're about ready to head over if we don't get this spending and debt situation under control, it's very irresponsible not to take the action that is necessary to fix the problem.” IfsKnowsStatesProblemActionPresidentUnitedSituationUnited StatesIssuesReadyDebtSpendingCliffsIrresponsible Author:John Thune
“Giving governors more leeway in administering health care could represent a small, positive development in the ongoing saga of Obamacare. Unfortunately, instead of choosing flexibility, President Obama and his left-leaning advisers always default to rigid 'Washington knows best' answers.” KnowsGivingCareLeftPresidentAnswersDevelopmentHealth CarePresident ObamaGovernorsFlexibilityOngoingObamacareDefaultAdviserSaga Author:Fred Upton
“The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control.” PeopleKnowsPresidentSeriousSpendingShort Time Author:Paul Weyrich
“You know, that's the very least that the American voters can expect is that when you're running for President that you outline what you would do and what you would do differently from this - from the President of the United States.” KnowsStatesRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesVotersOutlinesAmerican Voters Author:Mitt Romney
“A president cannot make decision on what someone might know in the future.” KnowsMightPresidentDecision Author:Marco Rubio
“I know what’s best for the President. I put him in the White house. He does well when he listens to me and poorly when he does not.” KnowsWellsDoeHousePresidentWhiteWhite HouseListen To Me Author:Florence Harding
“I could never wrap my head around why the world and the President that Republicans describe bears so little resemblance to the world and the President that I experience. And now I know why. There is a President Obama that only Republicans can see.” KnowsWorldLittlesPresidentBearsRepublicanPresident ObamaWrapsResemblance Author:Jon Stewart
“What a horrible feeling that is, to know that if the disease [AIDS] had primarily affected PTA presidents, or priests, or white teenage girls, the epidemic would have been ended years earlier, and tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of lives would have been saved.” IfsKnowsYearsHas BeensFeelingsGirlPresidentWhiteDiseaseAidsSavedHorriblePriestsAffectedTeenageEpidemicsTeenage GirlPta Author:David Levithan
“It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man.” KnowsMenCountryPresidentSourceMajorsAdvantageSafetyGreat Men Author:Calvin Coolidge
“Dying well is part of living well and one day our society will surely recognize that. But I suppose we'll only know that we've reached that promised land on the day that the President of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society begins his address to the Annual General Meeting with the words: 'Tremendous news for the society. It's been our most successful year ever. So successful, indeed, that we now have no members at all.” KnowsYearsWellsPresidentSuccessfulLandDyingOne DayMembersNewsMeetingsAddressesOur SocietyAnnualsLive WellEuthanasiaPromised LandDying Well Author:Victor Lewis-Smith