“Maybe because I'm from New Jersey, I just have this kind of plain language hangup. But I would make very clear - I would not talk to Vladimir Putin. In fact, I would talk to Vladimir Putin a lot. But I'd say to him, "Listen, Mr. President, there's a no-fly zone in Syria; you fly in, it applies to you." And yes, we would shoot down the planes of Russian pilots if in fact they were stupid enough to think that this president was the same feckless weakling that the president we have in the Oval Office is right now.” IfsThinkingKindEnoughFactsLanguagePresidentClearStupidRight NowOfficePlanesZonePilotsSyriaJerseyPutinNew JerseyOvalPlain LanguageFeckless Author:Chris Christie
“The president receives an inspector general's report that the Office of Personnel Management could be hacked into; they had antiquated firewalls; 23 million files have been - are in the hands of the Chinese allegedly, including, by the way, members of the press, it turns out, last week. Maybe that's the only part that's good news, so that you guys can get a feel for what it's like now to see this type of attack.” WayFeelsHas BeensHandsLastsGuyTurnsPresidentMillionsWeekTypeMembersOfficeNewsManagementPressesIncludingChineseReportsGood NewsFilesPersonnelHackedInspectors Author:Jeb Bush
“I've known Clinton for probably the last year that he was in office and stuff. The vibe that I always got from Clinton was, you-know, he never gave me a president-vibe.” KnowsYearsLastsStuffPresidentKnownOfficeClintonLast Year Author:Wyclef Jean
“When this president was sworn into office, he was handed a deficit of over a trillion dollars. Republicans were in control of Congress for much of the time that President George W. Bush was in office, and they didn't do a great job of controlling spending.” JobsPresidentRepublicanOfficeDollarsCongressSpendingDeficitGreat JobPresident George W Bush Author:Jay Carney
“According to the people who dearly would love to throw him out of office, Barack Obama was elected to be 'above politics.' He wasn't elected to be president, after all. He was elected as an avatar of American tolerance. His attempts to get himself reelected imply a certain, well, ingratitude.” PeopleWellsCertainPresidentOfficeToleranceBarackIngratitude Author:Charlie Pierce
“Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela announced Tuesday he will begin writing his autobiography. He spent 25 years in prison before being elected to public office. In America, we do it the other way around.” WayWritingYearsAmericaPresidentOfficePrisonSouthFormerSouth AfricaAutobiographyTuesdayNelsonPublic Office Author:Argus Hamilton
“I went to Bergdorf Goodman as an assistant in the fashion office and that was really my first exposure into the world of retail. Dawn Mello was president at the time and she had just left Gucci where she found Tom Ford.” WorldFirstsFoundLeftPresidentFashionOfficeDawnTomsExposureAssistantsRetailGucciGoodmanBergdorf Goodman Author:Roopal Patel
“What I find astounding is that we've had a president who is black in office for the past eight years, who gets most of his funding from the liberal elite in Hollywood. Yet, there are not very many roles for people of color. How can that be? And why is it just now being addressed?” PeopleYearsPastBlackPresidentRolesColorOfficeHollywoodEightElitesFunding Author:Stacey Dash
“When the President picks someone who is his ideological soul mate, that's his right, in my reading of "advise and consent." I do think, though, the more you get up the ladder, when someone is no longer accountable to the President, and more importantly, will stay in office after the President, the standard gets tougher and tougher.” ThinkingSoulReadingPresidentOfficeStandardsPicksGet UpMatesConsentLaddersAdviseIdeologicalSoul Mate Author:Russ Feingold
“When the president offered me this job, he told me that if there were situations in which I needed to speak to him or I needed his advice or I needed to ask him a question, that I could go into the Oval Office and I could ask him.” IfsJobsAsksSpeakPresidentSituationAdviceNeededOfficeOval Author:Josh Earnest
“The walk-in privilege, to walk into the Oval Office and have a conversation with the president, is not something that everybody gets.” PresidentWalksConversationOfficePrivilegeOval Author:Josh Earnest
“This is a president [Barack Obama] who came into office in 2008 with a big majority in the House and with a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Because of his policies and his conduct in office, seven years later, we have our largest majority in the House since 1928, and we have a majority in the Senate and we have 31 of the 60 governorships.” YearsBigsHousePresidentPolicyOfficeMajoritySevenProofBarackSenateSeven YearsPresident Barack ObamaFilibuster Author:Chris Christie
“This guy [Donald Trump] has not offered a single serious policy proposal, which is important if you want to be president of the United States. And Hillary Clinton is going to have clear shot to the Oval Office. And so I think there are many out there that are rooting for that outcome, so that he's the nominee. And you can see it in the coverage he's gotten.” IfsThinkingWantImportantStatesGuyPresidentUnitedUnited StatesClearPolicySeriousTrumpOfficeShotsClintonOutcomesThis GuyProposalCoverageOval Author:Marco Rubio
“Listen, Mr. President, there's a no-fly zone in Syria. You fly in, it applies to you. And, yes, we would shoot down the planes of Russian pilots if, in fact, they were stupid enough to think that this president was the same feckless weakling that the president we have in the oval office is right now.” IfsThinkingEnoughFactsPresidentStupidRight NowOfficePlanesZonePilotsSyriaOvalFeckless Author:Chris Christie
“I know my dear brother, President [Barack] Obama, has a bust of Martin King right there in the Oval Office, but the question is are is he going to be true to who that Martin Luther King, Jr., actually is? King was concerned about what? The poor. He was concerned about working people. He was concerned about quality jobs. He was concerned about quality housing. He was concerned about precious babies in Vietnam, the way we ought to be concerned about precious babies in Afghanistan and precious babies in Tel Aviv and precious babies in Gaza.” PeopleKnowsWayJobsPresidentPoorQualityBrotherBabyOughtKingsOfficeConcernedDearBeing TrueBarackAfghanistanVietnamHousingLutherPresident Barack ObamaGazaOvalDear Brother Author:Cornel West
“When [Bernie] Sanders was challenged about how he would pass his visionary ideas after he became president, he talked about if lawmakers look out the window and they see a million people marching, it changes their calculus. Well, here's an opportunity to continue working to organize these million people even if he is not the one in office.” PeopleIfsWellsLooksIdeasOpportunityPresidentMillionsOfficeWindowOrganizeVisionariesCalculusLawmakers Author:Ben Wikler
“There's a grand tradition of a lot of interesting stuff that happens to these post-presidents. Especially in this day and age where you leave office in your 50s and you can live another 40 years, easily. That's a lot of time.” YearsHappensAgeStuffPresidentInterestingOfficeTraditionPostsThis DayInteresting Stuff Author:David Mandel
“It was President [Bill] Clinton and the United States congress in 1998 which said that the regime has to be changed because the regime would not give up its weapons of mass destruction. We came into office in 2001 and kept that policy because Saddam Hussein had not changed.” GivingSaidStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesPolicyChangedOfficeGiving UpWeaponsMassDestructionBillsClintonCongressRegimesSaddamNot Giving UpHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionPresident Bill Clinton Author:Colin Powell
“I think people need to remember what the situation was when President [Barack] Obama came into office.” PeopleThinkingNeedsRememberPresidentSituationOfficeBarackPresident Barack Obama Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think you have to take the man and say to yourself, [Donald Trump] is someone who wants to occupy the Oval Office, where Franklin Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and people who were our president, and I don't think it's just a woman's issue. I think it's an issue that should be of concern to all Americans.” PeopleThinkingMenWantShouldPresidentIssuesHe ManTrumpOfficeConcernAbrahamFranklinTeddyOval Author:Hillary Clinton
“While President Barack Obama has, in one sense, tipped his hand by saying that he wants judges with "empathy" for certain groups, he has in a more fundamental sense concealed the real goal - getting judges who will ratify an ever-expanding scope of the power of the federal government and an ever-declining restraint by the Constitution of the United States. This is consistent with everything else that Obama has done in office and is consistent with his decades-long track record of alliances with people who reject the fundamentals of American society.” PeopleWantLongRealStatesDoneHandsGovernmentCertainGoalPresidentUnitedUnited StatesRecordsGroupsJudgingOfficeEmpathyConstitutionFundamentalsTrackDecadesBarackConsistentRejectsRestraintFederal GovernmentExpandingScopeAlliancesConcealedPresident Barack ObamaAmerican SocietyConstitution Of The United StatesTrack Record Author:Thomas Sowell
“I never thought my granny, somebody that was born down South, who witnessed America when it was segregated, would see, in her lifetime, an African-American in office as the President of the United States. It's major, it's a real historic day.” RealStatesAmericaPresidentBornUnitedUnited StatesOfficeMajorsLifetimeSouthAfrican AmericanHistoricGranny Author:Nipsey Hussle
“When my husband was president, we went from a $300 billion deficit to a $200 billion surplus and we were actually on the path to eliminating the national debt. When President Obama came into office, he inherited the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression. He has cut the deficit by two-thirds.” TwoPresidentPathCuttingEconomicWorstHusbandOfficeThirdsDebtBillionsDisasterMy HusbandPresident ObamaDeficitGreat DepressionEliminatingSurplusNational Debt Author:Hillary Clinton
“As a general matter, if the president wants to withdraw from a treaty, he simply gets to do that. And that's part of the powers of the office.” IfsWantMatterPresidentOfficeTreaties Author:Benjamin Wittes
“[Donald Trump] doesn't deal well with criticism and blame and I don't think he could competently manage the office of the presidency given the criticism and challenge that you face every single day as the President of the United States.” ThinkingWellsStatesFacesGivenPresidentChallengesUnitedDealsUnited StatesTrumpOfficeCriticismBlameManagePresidency Author:William Weld
“A big win for [Hillary] Clinton would allow her to claim that the country rejected Trumpism, while a narrow win leaves her limping into office with the highest unfavorable ratings for any new president.” CountryBigsWinningPresidentOfficeHighestClaimsClintonRejectedRatingLimping Author:Mara Liasson
“It's part of the strategy to remind people who Hillary Rodham Clinton actually is. If others aren't going to hold her account for her full record, then, yes, we will. And her record includes naming and blaming women who came in contact with her husband, whether it was consensual relationships like Monica Lewinsky, an intern at the White House with him as President, completely debasing the office of the White House - the office of The Presidency - or Jennifer Flowers, 12-year affair while he was Governor of Arkansas.” PeopleIfsYearsHousePresidentWhiteRecordsFlowerHusbandOfficeAccountsBlameStrategyClintonAffairContactWhite HouseGovernorsPresidencyJenniferArkansasMonicaHillary Rodham Clinton Author:Kellyanne Conway
“The shock of the new after the biggest upset in American political history, this unforgettable, once unimaginable image Donald Trump side by side with President Obama in the Oval Office.” PoliticalSidesPresidentTrumpOfficeUpsetShockPresident ObamaUnimaginableUnforgettableOvalPolitical History Author:George Stephanopoulos
“Indeed, as soon as he took office, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that his top priority was to deny President [Barack] Obama a second term.” PresidentTermOfficeDenyPrioritiesBarackSenatorsPresident Barack ObamaTop Priorities Author:Julianne Malveaux
“There are no laws that prohibit an American president from continuing to be involved in their private business matters while in office, right?” MatterLawPresidentInvolvedOfficeContinuingAmerican President Author:Rachel Martin
“Once Donald Trump takes the oath of office as president of the United States, the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution makes it clear that he cannot accept those favors.” StatesPresidentUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesClearTrumpOfficeConstitutionFavorsOathClausesOath Of Office Author:Chuck Todd
“Donald Trump ought to realise that being a president is different to being a candidate and that there is a responsibility that comes with the office.” DifferentPresidentResponsibilityOughtTrumpOfficeCandidatesRealising Author:Julian Castro
“As far as I understand, the president-elect of the United States [Donald Trump] is ready for such joint work. We do not know yet what it will be like in actual practice. We have to wait for him to take office and form his administration.” KnowsStatesFormWaitingPresidentUnitedPracticeUnited StatesReadyTrumpOfficeAdministrationJointsWait For Him Author:Vladimir Putin
“As for meetings, I think the President-elect [Donald Trump] should be given an opportunity to first form his administration and assume office. Meetings will come next.” ThinkingShouldFirstsFormNextOpportunityGivenPresidentTrumpOfficeAssumingMeetingsAdministration Author:Vladimir Putin
“When I turn over the keys to the president-elect, America will be much stronger than it was when I came into office.” AmericaTurnsPresidentKeysOfficeStronger Author:Barack Obama
“President Obama will not be able to contain himself, and he will go after Mr. Trump every single chance he gets once Obama is out of office.” AblePresidentChanceTrumpOfficePresident Obama Author:Sean Hannity
“I think that Donald Trump successfully mobilized a big chunk of America to vote for him and he's going to win. He has won. He's going to be the next president and regardless of what experience or assumptions he brought to the office, this office has a way of waking you up and those - those aspects of his positions or predispositions that don't match up with reality, he will find shaken up pretty quick because reality has a way of asserting itself.” ThinkingWayBigsRealityAmericaNextWinningPresidentPositionTrumpOfficeAspectVoteAssumptionWakingChunks Author:Barack Obama
“I think that Donald Trump is coming to this office with fewer set hard-and-fast policy prescriptions than a lot of other presidents might be arriving with.” ThinkingHardMightPresidentPolicyTrumpOfficeFewerPrescriptionsArriving Author:Barack Obama
“There's a lot going on that is hurting this country. And there's a lot of businesses and a lot of people that put President-elect [Donald] Trump in office because they are counting on him to get our relationships with China straightened out.” PeopleCountryPresidentHurtTrumpOfficeChinaOur RelationshipCounting Author:Reince Priebus
“One of the things you learn as president is, as powerful as this office is, you have limited bandwidth. And the time goes by really quickly and you're constantly making choices, and there are pressures on you from all different directions - pressures on your attention, not just pressures from different constituencies. And so you have to be pretty focused about where can you have the biggest, quickest impact.” DifferentChoicesPresidentPowerfulAttentionOfficePressureImpactFocusedDifferent DirectionsMaking ChoicesTime Goes ByBandwidth Author:Barack Obama
“In one of his final acts in office, President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners, pardoned 64 individuals .The list included Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, longtime imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera and retired U.S. Marine Corps General James Cartwright. But missing from the list is 71-year-old Native American activist Leonard Peltier.” YearsIndividualPresidentMissingOfficeArmyIndependenceFinalsSentencesListsNativeActivistPrisonerPresident ObamaNative AmericanOscarsMarineRetiredMarine CorpsChelseaWhistleblowersPez Author:Amy Goodman
“Most Americans are very focused on what their tax returns will look like while President Trump is in office, not what his look like.” LooksPresidentReturnTrumpTaxesOfficeFocusedTax Returns Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Hillary Clinton is probably one of the best prepared people to walk into the Oval Office certainly in a generation, with all the love and respect and admiration that I have for President Obama, and he's been a great president, going in he was nowhere nearly as prepared as Hillary Clinton.” PeoplePresidentWalksGenerationsOfficePreparedClintonAdmirationPresident ObamaLove And RespectOvalGreat Presidents Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Iran would do well to look at the calendar and realize there's a new president in the Oval Office. And Iran would do well not to test the resolve of this new president [Donald Trump].” WellsLooksPresidentRealizingTrumpOfficeTestsIranResolveCalendarsOval Author:Mike Pence
“Certainly, the country can't have two presidents at once, so the tradition has been to hang back if you're the president-elect and wait for your time in office. [Donald] Trump is not a hang-back kind of guy.” IfsKindHas BeensTwoCountryGuyWaitingPresidentTrumpOfficeTradition Author:David Brooks
“I do have to say when we read certain words being used to describe President Trump - it's never been done. It wasn't done about President Obama. It wasn't done about either President Bush, President Clinton, because people have a certain respect for and recognition of the dignity for the office of the president. And so I am beseeching everybody to cool it down a little bit.” PeopleLittlesDoneUsedCertainBitsPresidentTrumpOfficeLittle BitDignityClintonRecognitionPresident ObamaPresident BushPresident Clinton Author:Kellyanne Conway
“It's important for us to vote in mid-term off year elections in the times where state legislators and mayors offices are being vacated. These are the elections that actually impact the way we live oftentimes more than the President. So we have to pay attention to those things as well.” WayYearsWellsImportantStatesPresidentTermPayAttentionOfficeVoteElectionImpactPay AttentionMayorsLegislators Author:Aldis Hodge
“Coolidge cut the budget, and even better, cut it during peace and prosperity. He left a federal budget lower than the one that greeted him when he arrived in office. He managed to freeze or cut the budget over more than five years in office. If you look at charts of presidents - Nixon, Ike, and Reagan - you see them failing on this score.” IfsYearsLooksLeftPresidentFiveCuttingFailingOfficeProsperityBudgetsFive YearsScoreFreezePresident Nixon Author:Amity Shlaes
“As long as I'm president of the United States Iran will not get a nuclear weapon. I made that clear when I came into office.” LongMadeStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesClearOfficeWeaponsNuclearIranNuclear Weapons Author:Barack Obama
“When I came into office, the world was divided. Iran was resurgent. Iran is at its weakest point, economically, strategically, militarily, then since - then in many years. And we are going to continue to keep the pressure on to make sure that they do not get a nuclear weapon. That's in America's national interest and that will be the case so long as I'm president.” WorldYearsLongAmericaPresidentInterestCasesOfficeWeaponsPressureNuclearIranDividedNuclear WeaponsNational Interests Author:Barack Obama