“Presidents don't have the benefit of hindsight. You have to make difficult decisions based on the information that's before you at that moment.” MomentsDifficultPresidentDecisionInformationBenefitsThat MomentHindsightDifficult Decisions Author:Marco Rubio
“Our loyalty is due entirely to the United States. It is due to the President only and exactly to the degree in which he efficiently serves the United States. It is our duty to support him when he serves the United States well. It is our duty to oppose him when he serves it badly. This is true about Mr. Wilson now and it has been true about all our Presidents in the past. It is our duty at all times to tell the truth about the President and about every one else, save in the cases where to tell the truth at the moment would benefit the public enemy.” WellsHas BeensStatesMomentsPastPresidentUnitedEnemyCasesUnited StatesSupportDutyDegreesBenefitsDuesLoyaltyAll TimeTelling The TruthWilsonPublic Enemies Book:Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia
“The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the moment Kennedy's heart stopped beating, the Agency attempted to sweep the whole conspiracy under the rug.” PeopleHeartWholeMomentsFacesPresidentFormerAgencyEmployeeConspiracyCia Author:Jim Garrison
“The great presidents never forget the principle of the republic and seek to preserve and enhance them – in the long run– without undermining the needs of the moment. Bad presidents simply do what is expedient, heedless of principles. But the worst presidents are those who adhere to the principles regardless of what the fortunes of the moment demand.” NeedsLongMomentsRunningPresidentForgetPrinciplesWorstDemandFortunePreservesNever ForgetRepublicLong RunsUnderminingGreat Presidents Author:George Friedman
“Humor is a marvelous communications tool, as Reagan has demonstrated so well. He has weathered many a storm that others might not have. With Reagan, people just say, 'There he goes again.' A sense of humor allows a president to back off a little from the tensions of the moment and take a calmer view of things.” PeopleWellsLittlesMomentsMightPresidentViewsCommunicationToolsStormTensionSense Of HumorMarvelousCalmerWeathered Author:Robert Orben
“Foreign policy commands attention when it's crisis management. A street revolt breaks out in Egypt or Libya or Kiev and everyone asks, how should the president respond? Now these are important parts of America's role in the world, but they are essentially reactive and tactical. The broader challenge is to lay down a longer-term strategy that endures after the crisis of the moment.” WorldShouldImportantMomentsAmericaAsksPresidentTermChallengesAttentionRolesBreakStreetsPolicyManagementCrisisStrategyLaysEndureCommandForeign PolicyEgyptRevoltBreak OutLibyaTacticalCrisis ManagementKiev Author:Fareed Zakaria
“Oftentimes the fascinating thing is that people who are seen as commanding figures at the moment that they were considered for President and did not run turned out to be treated by history as much more minor figures politically.” PeopleMomentsRunningPresidentFiguresTreatedFascinatingMinors Author:Stephen Ambrose
“The person you call 'President Obama" and I frankly refuse to call him that... at the moment, he is somebody who is kind of an 'alleged usurper' who is alleged to be someone who is occupying that office without constitutional warrant to do so.” KindPersonsMomentsPresidentOfficeRefusePresident ObamaWarrantsUsurpers Author:Alan Keyes
“You received the power, the authority, and the sacred duty to minister the moment you were ordained to the priesthood. President James E. Faust taught, “Priesthood is the authority delegated to man to minister in the name of God. “The Aaronic Priesthood holds the keys of the ministering of angels. As you love His children, Heavenly Father will guide you, and angels will assist you. You will be given power to bless lives and rescue souls.” MenChildrenSoulMomentsFatherNamesGivenPresidentTaughtDutyKeysAuthorityAngelSacredGuidesMinistersHeavenlyBlessRescueHeavenly FatherPriesthoodFaust Author:David L. Beck
“Presidents have only two moments of personal seclusion. One is prayer; the other fishing - and they cannot pray all the time!” TwoMomentsPresidentPrayerSeaPrayingRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingSeclusion Author:Herbert Hoover
“I've been invited to speak at about 20 colleges. There's always this moment when I'm having dinner with the college president: 'Ernie, where'd you go to school?'” MomentsSchoolSpeakPresidentCollegeDinnerInvited Author:Ernest Cline