“The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy in terms of the class distinctions and whatnot, and a tremendous shallowness - a lot of sort of bank robbery by executives.” RealPresidentTermClassEconomyActivityOfficeCriminalsDistinctionExecutives80sRobberyShallownessClass DistinctionBank Robbery Author:Martha Plimpton
“After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.” PeoplePresidentAcceptingRolesActivityLimitsIranDepartureLeadership Roles Author:Ruhollah Khomeini
“For corporations to be bedfellows with the arts is good business for both. The architecture that houses a company is a more visible statement than the president's in the annual report. Ditto interiors, particularly of offices and sometimes, dramatically, in plants. For solvent businesses, support of community cultural undertakings in music, drama, dance creates great goodwill. Also, the existence of such activities is often important to the executives and their families that companies want to keep or attract to keep.” WantArtImportantSometimesCultureHousePresidentCommunityExistenceCompanySupportDramaActivityOfficeArt IsPlantArchitectureStatementsCorporationsVisibleReportsExecutivesInteriorsGoodwillUndertakingsAnnualsGood BusinessBedfellowsAnnual Reports Author:Malcolm Forbes
“It has become the custom in our country to expect all Chief Executives, from the President down, to conduct activities analogous to an entertainment bureau. No occasion is too trivial for its promoters to invite them to attend and deliver an address.” CountryPresidentActivityEntertainmentOur CountryChiefsOccasionsAddressesExecutivesCustomsInvitesPromotersChief Executives Author:Calvin Coolidge
“The White House is defending President Obama's sports activities over the past week, saying that everyone needs leisure time. Thanks to these economic policies, 9.5 percent of Americans have all the leisure time they need.” NeedsPastHouseSportsPresidentWhiteWeekEconomicPolicyActivityPercentThanksWhite HousePresident ObamaLeisureOver The PastEconomic PolicyLeisure Time Author:Jay Leno
“I, George Bush, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as the Decade of the Brain.” PeopleStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedBrainUnited StatesActivityProgramDecadesOfficialsAppropriateUnited States Of AmericaCeremonyJanuaryPublic OfficialsJanuary 1 Author:George H. W. Bush
“There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of a president to have anything to do with criminal activities.” PresidentDutyActivityConstitutionCriminalsOfficials Author:Sam Ervin