“President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an economic war against Iraq . [...] I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with Kuwait .” KnowsMenNeedsShouldWarCountryAmericaOpportunityPresidentEffortOpinionEconomicLike YouConflictShould HaveIntelligentExtraordinaryIraqAdmireBordersFundPresident BushDisagreementIntelligent ManKuwait Author:April Glaspie
“I think he intends to run for president... I think Senator McCain cares about the opinions of New Hampshire voters.” ThinkingCareRunningPresidentOpinionVotersSenatorsMccainHampshireNew Hampshire Author:Pat Toomey
“It is not an opinion that "enhanced interrogation techniques" are torture. It is a legal fact. And it is also a legal fact that the president is a war criminal.” WarFactsPresidentOpinionTechniqueCriminalsTortureInterrogationInterrogation Techniques Author:Andrew Sullivan
“One of the things that you learn, having been in this [President's] office for four years, is the old adage of Abraham Lincoln's. That with public opinion there's nothing you can't do and without public opinion there's very little you can get done.” YearsLittlesDonePresidentOpinionFourOfficeFour YearsPublic OpinionAdagesAbraham Author:Barack Obama
“President Obama invited John McCain to the White House to give his opinion on Egypt, specifically what it's like to be a mummy.” GivingHousePresidentWhiteOpinionWhite HousePresident ObamaEgyptInvitedMccainMummy Author:Bill Maher
“President Obama inherited a broken country mired in two wars, a financial crisis, a mortgage mess and more than we all probably even know about and has in my opinion brought us back from the brink. But I still see my friends in no better shape and the gap widening.” KnowsStillsTwoWarCountryPresidentOpinionBrokenShapesMy FriendsCrisisFinancialMessGapsPresident ObamaMortgageFinancial Crisis Author:Don Cheadle
“Playing the president is interesting because, unlike a lot of different roles, people pay so close attention to who the president is, all of them, everybody's got an opinion about the president.” PeopleDifferentPresidentInterestingPayAttentionOpinionRoles Author:Bill Pullman
“While I do not think it was so intended I have always been of the opinion that this turned out to be much the best for me. I had no national experience. What I have ever been able to do has been the result of first learning how to do it. I am not gifted with intuition. I need not only hard work but experience to be ready to solve problems. The Presidents who have gone to Washington without first having held some national office have been at great disadvantage.” ThinkingNeedsFirstsHas BeensHardProblemAblePoliticsPresidentResultsOpinionGoneReadyHard WorkOfficeIntuitionSolveGiftedDisadvantages Author:Calvin Coolidge
“The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.” ThinkingWorldLongFeelingsLastsTurnsPresidentOpinionFollowingPublic OpinionParades Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference. I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.” IfsMindBelieveHeartShowsMightSpiritPresidentDifferencesJusticeOpinionFailingMy HeartAngelMercyHumbleGods WillServantRelyShow MeHeart And MindPublic OpinionPollsBucksServant Of GodSwearingRely UponOpinion Polls Author:Gerald R. Ford
“Today, whether it is a student who holds a sit-in to get the army recruiters off his campus, or the mother of a dead soldier who refuses to leave the front gate of the president's ranch, we continue to be saved by brave people who risk ridicule and rejection but end up turning huge tides of public opinion in the direction of righteousness. We owe them enormous debts of gratitude. It is not easy to stand up for what is right, especially when everyone else is afraid to leave the comfortable path of conformity.” PeopleEndsTodayMotherEasyPresidentOpinionPathRiskFrontsStudentsHugeGratitudeComfortableArmyBraveSoldierRefuseDebtSavedEnormousRejectionGatesRighteousnessConformityTidesRidiculePublic OpinionCampusDebt Of GratitudeDead Soldiers Author:Michael Moore
“Soviet-era nostalgia has strong support among the people. But not among the elite and, in my opinion, not with the president. We are not interested in keeping remnants of the communist era alive.” PeopleStrongPresidentOpinionSupportAliveNostalgiaErasCommunistSovietElitesNot InterestedRemnants Author:Vladislav Surkov
“I wanted to come to Washington, D.C. and help be a transformative President. And I think history, when they look back, will say this is a fellow who knew how to make decisions, and made some tough ones, stood by them, wasn't driven by the latest opinion poll, but was driven by some core principles from which he would not deviate.” ThinkingLooksMadeHelpingWantedPresidentDecisionOpinionPrinciplesToughFellowsDrivenCorePollsDeviateOpinion Polls Author:George W. Bush