“That, in part, is why the Constitution's framers gave justices life tenure ? to enable them to rule wherever the law and the Constitution led them, without obligation or fear of political reprisal. Former Republican president Gerald Ford recently paid tribute to John Paul Stevens, his only appointee to the Supreme Court, who is also far more liberal than Republicans expected. He has served his nation well, ... with dignity, intellect and without partisan political concerns.” WellsLawPoliticalNationsPresidentJusticeRepublicanConcernDignityConstitutionPaidCourtIntellectExpectedSupremeObligationFormerSupreme CourtTributePartisansTenureJohn PaulFramersReprisalGerald Ford Author:Gerald R. Ford
“There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.” PeopleNeedsPoliticalLiteraturePresidentPaidUpsetDoing NothingPresident BushCongressman Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“When things don't go well they like to blame presidents; and that's something that presidents are paid for.” WellsPresidentPaidBlamePresidency Author:John F. Kennedy
“We owe something to the government to grow up in this great country. I'm tired of hearing people in the private sector talk like they don't owe the government anything. We do. This is a great country because we all pay into it. It's about time we all pay into it. ... If we paid the same amount of taxes we paid when Bill Clinton was president, I would be a happy guy, and the budget would be closer to balanced. You cannot give away money, whether you give it to rich or poor people. That's what George Bush did -- excuse me, trillions of dollars. You can't do that.” PeopleIfsGivingCountryGovernmentWould BeGuyGrowsPresidentPoorPayGrowing UpRichAmountTaxesPaidBillsTiredDollarsClintonExcuseHearingBudgetsBalancedPoor PeoplePrivate SectorI'm TiredExcuse MeGreat CountryRich Or Poor Author:Howard Dean
“President Bush paid homage Wednesday to World War II veterans of Normandy at the D-Day Memorial. Later that night, his twin daughters paid a special tribute to World War II veterans of the Pacific. They each downed two kamikazes.” WorldTwoWarNightPresidentSpecialDaughterPaidWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War ITwinsVeteranMemorialPresident BushTributePacificHomageWednesdayNormandyD Day Author:Argus Hamilton
“I am laying out a specific agenda that will make more progress, get more jobs with rising incomes, get us to universal health care coverage, get us to universal pre-k, paid family leave and the other elements of what I think will build a strong economy, that will ensure Americans keep making progress. That's what I'm offering and that's what I will do as president.” ThinkingCareJobsStrongPresidentEconomyProgressElementsUniversalPaidIncomeHealth CareRisingAgendasOfferingCoverageStrong EconomyUniversal Health Care Author:Hillary Clinton
“When President Mbeki said, if you get AIDS, you can have a shower and it goes away. It's like, oh, come on. Or it's caused by poverty. We faced those kind of issues. But now, with the new regime, they have really woken up, paid attention. And when South Africa speaks, then the whole of Africa will listen. And I have got great hopes for that.” IfsKindSaidWholeSpeakPresidentAttentionPovertyIssuesPaidSouthAidsRegimesSouth AfricaShowersGreat Hope Author:Elton John
“Bill Clinton became president, and he [Bill Clinton] kept cheating - and she kept destroying the women. She was supposed to be paid off in 2008. They gave her health care; she botched that. Hillarycare, it was called in 1993, '94, whatever. That was her first payoff. Co-presidency was the next payoff.” FirstsCareNextPresidentPaidBillsClintonSupposed To BeHealth CareCheatingDestroyingPresidencyPayoffPaid Off Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Hillary Clinton and I have worked together on a higher education proposal which will guarantee free tuition in public colleges and universities for every family in this country making $125,000 a year or less. We're going to fight for paid family and medical leave. Those are the issues that the American people want to hear discussed, and I'm going to go around the country discussing them and making sure that Hillary Clinton is elected president.” PeopleWantYearsCountryTogetherFightingPresidentIssuesCollegeHigherPaidClintonUniversityMedicalGuaranteesProposalDiscussingHigher EducationTuitionColleges And Universities Author:Bernie Sanders
“While Newt Gingrich was running for president four years ago a controversy bubbled up regarding his campaign finances. You see, in December of 2011 a watchdog group filed an FEC complaint alleging the campaign paid Gingrich himself $42,000 for his mailing list. Now, the group claimed that payment was not disclosed on his FEC filing.” YearsRunningPresidentFourGroupsYears AgoPaidListsCampaignsFinanceFour YearsComplaintsControversyPaymentDecemberFilingNewtsCampaign FinanceMailing Author:Chris Hayes
“Not only have we paid the price with our names in ink, but we have also paid in blood. And they can't say that black people can't be intelligent, because going back to Africa, in Guinea, there are almost 4 million people there and what he, President [Sekou] Toure, is doing to educate the people: as long as the French people had it they weren't doing a thing that is being done now.” PeopleLongDoneNamesBlackPresidentMillionsBloodPaidIntelligentBlack PeopleEducateInkBeing DoneGuinea Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“I was a child or didn't live through those presidents prior to [Ronald] Reagan, and thus didn't realize how little attention they had paid to the founders.” ChildrenLittlesPresidentRealizingAttentionPaidFounders Author:Paul Kengor
“You saw in your interview with Speaker [Paul] Ryan, though, an echo of what the White House and the president [Donald Trump] have started to say, which is, well, we`re not going to get a check from Mexico to pay for the wall on the front end. We`re going to find some way to get the money back, but initially will be paid for by the U.S.” WayWellsEndsHousePresidentWhitePaySawsFrontsWallTrumpPaidChecksInterviewsWhite HouseMexicoSpeakersEchoes Author:Mark Halperin
“Frankly if I had paid more than are legally due I don't think I'd be qualified to become president.” IfsThinkingPresidentPaidElectionDuesQualified Author:Mitt Romney
“The president says we need to raise the debt ceiling because America pays its bills. No if we paid our bills we wouldn't have all this debt. The reason we have to raise the debt ceiling is because we can't pay our bills and we have to borrow money because we don't have any money to pay our bills.” IfsNeedsReasonPhilosophyAmericaPoliticalPresidentPayEconomicsPaidRaisesBillsDebtCeilingsDebt Ceiling Author:Peter Schiff
“The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students.” ShouldHelpingPoliticalPresidentStudentsProducePaidAdvertisingDepartmentSmarter Author:Dick Gephardt