“President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less oil than at any time in modern history, and it has been because of the president's vision and courage.” Has BeensRealFactsEnergyPresidentDealsVisionModernProudStrategyOilPresident ObamaModern History Author:Ken Salazar
“Not every President is a great speaker. Not every President is a great thinker. But in the modern era, every single President is a master of one thing: eye contact.” EyePresidentOne ThingModernMastersContactErasThinkerSpeakersEye ContactGreat ThinkersModern EraGreat Speakers Book:The Inner Circle: The Culper Ring Trilogy 1 Source: The Inner Circle: The Culper Ring Trilogy 1
“Ronald Reagan is the first modern President whose contempt for the facts is treated as a charming idiosyncrasy.” FirstsFactsPresidentModernTreatedContemptCharmingIdiosyncrasies Author:James David Barber
“I despair at the rise of modern violence. I truly give in to despair at times, that deep, futureless pit of despair.... I watch the American slaughterhouse, the casual attacks on popes, presidents, and uncounted others, and I wonder if there are many more out there with the Ability or if butchery has simply become the modern way of life.” IfsWayGivingPresidentAbilityWonderWatchesViolenceModernDespairPopePitsCasualSlaughterhousesButchery Book:Carrion Comfort Source: Carrion Comfort
“Indeed, one modern President abjured God altogether, ending speeches with a chaste 'Thank you very much.' This was Jimmy Carter, the most genuinely devout President of the postwar period.” PresidentAtheismModernPeriodsSpeechPositive AtheismJimmyCarterChaste Author:Jonathan Rauch
“Pen in Barack Obama hands is far more dangerous than any other president, at least in modern history, if not ever.” IfsHandsPresidentModernDangerousBarackPensModern History Author:Eric Bolling
“President J. Reuben Clark, Jr., a modern prophet, said over and over again that the Lord would never let one of his Saints who had been faithful in the payment of tithes and offerings go without the necessities of life” (Marion G. Romney, “The Blessings of an Honest Tithe,” New Era, Jan.-Feb. 1982, 45). Members who faithfully pay tithing are promised spiritual blessings as well. “I think it is not well known in the Church that payment of tithing has very little to do with money. Tithing has to do with faith” ThinkingWellsLittlesSaidSpiritualPresidentChurchPayKnownLordModernHonestBlessingMembersSaintErasFaithfulProphetOfferingWell KnownPaymentRomneyNew EraTitheTithingSpiritual BlessingsNot Well Known Author:A. Theodore Tuttle
“Obama has been the single worst president in modern American history in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Has BeensPresidentModernWorstConflictPalestinianAmerican HistoryIsraeliIsraeli Palestinian Conflict Author:Reza Aslan
“I think most presidents are amazed at the overwhelming responsibility they have when they enter office and the tremendous amount of work there is. See, a modern president has far more responsibility than a president years ago. And if I were rewriting the Constitution, I would suggest a president be more like a monarch and then have a prime minister under him.” IfsThinkingYearsPresidentResponsibilityModernAmountOfficeYears AgoConstitutionMinistersPrimeOverwhelmingAmazedPrime MinisterMonarchsRewriting Author:Billy Graham
“No president in modern times has come to power with less political experience or less managerial experience. On the other hand, no president has come to power with a clearer record of political extremism. As senator, Barack Obama had the most left-wing voting record in the Senate. . . .” HandsPoliticalLeftPresidentRecordsModernWingsBarackVotingSenateSenatorsExtremismLeft WingModern TimesPolitical Extremism Author:Bob Tyrrell
“There's a whole lot of America that looks at each other and says, 'Well, there's 340 million people living in America. Isn't there somebody other than a Bush or a Clinton who can be president in these modern times'?” PeopleWellsLooksWholeAmericaPresidentMillionsModernClintonModern Times Author:Jeb Bush