“I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to stop the drug trade and to deliver better governance. He said as much in his inaugural address.” ThinkingSaidImportantCountryFightingPresidentRealizingStepsDrugTradeCorruptionAddressesEndeavorGovernanceStep UpInauguralInaugural Address Author:Anders Fogh Rasmussen
“Raising the minimum wage, as President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address, tends to be more popular with the general public than with economists.” StatesPresidentUnionsAddressesPresident ObamaMinimumEconomistMinimum WageGeneral Public Author:Christina Romer
“But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program.” ThinkingWantDonePresidentIssuesTakenProgramDemocratReformBudgetsAddressesEntitlementMedicarePensionTenureSeniority Author:Antonio Villaraigosa
“Dying well is part of living well and one day our society will surely recognize that. But I suppose we'll only know that we've reached that promised land on the day that the President of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society begins his address to the Annual General Meeting with the words: 'Tremendous news for the society. It's been our most successful year ever. So successful, indeed, that we now have no members at all.” KnowsYearsWellsPresidentSuccessfulLandDyingOne DayMembersNewsMeetingsAddressesOur SocietyAnnualsLive WellEuthanasiaPromised LandDying Well Author:Victor Lewis-Smith
“We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social Security, but the problem is there with other entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid.” NeedsTryingProblemSocialPresidentSecuritySeriousProgramReformAddressesSocial SecurityDeficitEntitlementMedicareMedicaidEntitlement ProgramsMedicare And Medicaid Author:John W. Snow
“To be sure, President Clinton reached an accord called "The Agreement" in 1994 that purports to address some of President Reagan's concerns.” PresidentConcernClintonAddressesAgreementAccordPresident ClintonPresident Reagan Author:Frank Gaffney
“At the State of the Union address last night, President Obama made history by using the words transgender, lesbian, and bisexual in that speech. It was the part of the speech where he was just reading Craigslist personals.” MadeStatesLastsNightReadingPresidentSpeechUnionsAddressesPresident ObamaLast NightTransgenderBisexualCraigslist Author:Conan O'Brien
“Today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. President Lincoln wrote it on his way to the site of the speech on the back of an envelope. One guy on the back of an envelope wrote the great Gettysburg Address - while every night it takes six guys to write this crap!” WayWritingTodayNightGuyPresidentSpeechSixAddressesEvery NightSiteCrapEnvelopesGettysburgGettysburg AddressPresident Lincoln Author:David Letterman
“During his weekly address to the nation, President Obama discussed higher education and said, 'The most important skill you can sell is your knowledge.' Or as English majors working at Starbucks put it, 'No it's not.'” SaidImportantNationsPresidentHigherSkillsMajorsSellsAddressesPresident ObamaHigher EducationStarbucksEnglish Major Author:Jimmy Fallon
“If the president comes forward with a strong, qualified nominee, if he, you know, addresses the agenda, if he takes actions, including dealing with perhaps some personnel decisions, I think that people will show that he is moving forward and doing the right thing for our country.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsCountryShowsActionMovingStrongPresidentDecisionIncludingMoving ForwardOur CountryRight ThingAddressesAgendasQualifiedDoing The Right ThingPersonnel Author:Trent Lott
“In 2012 President Obama didn't go anywhere near African-American communities. Why? Because unemployment was so high there, he didn't want to address it.” WantPresidentCommunityAfrican AmericanAddressesPresident ObamaUnemployment Author:Rudy Giuliani
“[On President Clinton's address:] It was the worst inaugural address of our lifetime, and I think the only controversy will be between those who say it was completely and utterly banal and those who say, 'Well, not completely and utterly.” ThinkingWellsPresidentWorstLifetimeClintonAddressesControversyInauguralInaugural AddressPresident Clinton Author:Peggy Noonan
“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
“Did you folks see President Bush's State of the Union Address? How about that surprise announcement? Howard Dean has been captured and he's in the hands of interrogators.” Has BeensStatesHandsPresidentUnionsSurpriseFolksAddressesPresident BushCapturedDeanAnnouncements Author:David Letterman
“What is the environmental policy of the Republican Party? When I ask that question, I get a blank stare, if I'm president of the United States, we're going to address climate change and CO2 emissions in a business-friendly way.” IfsWayStatesAsksPresidentChangeUnitedPartyUnited StatesPolicyRepublicanClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeStaringAddressesFriendlyBlankRepublican PartyEmissionsCo2Environmental PolicyCo2 EmissionsBlank Stares Author:Lindsey Graham
“I'll be the first US president to not only visit Kenya and Ethiopia, but also to address the continent as a whole, building off the African summit that we did here which was historic and has, I think, deepened the kinds of already strong relationships that we have across the continent.” ThinkingFirstsKindWholeStrongPresidentBuildingAddressesContinentsHistoricSummitKenyaUs PresidentEthiopiaStrong Relationship Author:Barack Obama
“By threatening war against Iran, Iraq and North Korea in his now-famous "Axis of Evil" address, the president painted himself into a corner. Either Bush now goes to war against one of these regimes, or he will be humiliated and exposed as a bellicose bluff.” WarEvilPresidentIraqCornersAddressesIranExposedRegimesThreateningKoreaNorth KoreaHumiliatedAxesBluffs Author:Pat Buchanan
“I would like to see whoever is our next president dedicate a significant part of their inaugural address to this challenge. We have to ignite the nation's energies and passions on this to make this happen. I think we do need the same kind of inspiration we had from Kennedy in his inaugural address in 1961.” ThinkingNeedsKindInspirationHappensPassionNextEnergyNationsPresidentChallengesSignificantAddressesIgniteInauguralInaugural Address Author:Jay Inslee