“Our country has suffered from an on-again, off-again energy policy that has failed to get us to energy independence. As President Obama has said, we need a comprehensive energy plan for the country that includes conventional resources like oil and gas, but that also takes advantage of wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and other renewable resources.” NeedsSaidCountryEnergyPresidentPlansPolicyWindResourcesAdvantageIndependenceOilOur CountryGasPresident ObamaConventionalComprehensiveOil And GasEnergy PolicyRenewable ResourcesEnergy IndependenceBiomassGeothermal Author:Ken Salazar
“It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man.” KnowsMenCountryPresidentSourceMajorsAdvantageSafetyGreat Men Author:Calvin Coolidge
“I do not know how Vladimir Putin will be esteemed by the future history, but I have no doubt that among his successes and advantages for Russia historians shall absolutely note the fact of his not altering the constitution, for he created a precedent. And afterwards, no matter who might become president, it shall be extremely difficult to alter the constitution exactly on that point. Extremely difficult.” KnowsMatterFactsMightDifficultPresidentKnow HowDoubtAdvantageConstitutionNotesRussiaNo DoubtHistorianPutinPrecedent Author:Vladimir Posner
“All of our presidents come into office looking so vigorous ... They grow grayer and grayer, and by the time they leave, they’re as white as the building they live in ... I have one big advantage: I’ve been coloring my hair for years. So you’re not going to see me turn white in the White House.” YearsBigsTurnsHouseGrowsPresidentWhiteBuildingHairOfficeAdvantageWhite HouseVigorous Author:Hillary Clinton
“Is America becoming decadent? Do we no longer regard our promises and pledges as sacred? ... We promised to make peace with Germany only in conjunction with the Allies; but we brought forward a separate peace, demanding for ourselves all the advantages of the Treaty of Versailles but rejecting all the responsibilities embodied in the Treaty. It was America's President who induced Europe to form a League of Nations; and then America was the first country that refused to joint it.... If these are not the symptoms of national decadency, what are they?” IfsFirstsCountryAmericaFormNationsPresidentResponsibilityBecomingPromiseEuropeAdvantageRegardSacredLeagueGermanyAlliesSymptomsJointsPledgeTreatiesMaking PeaceRejectingConjunctionsLeague Of NationsVersaillesSeparate Peace Author:B. C. Forbes
“Appeasing the Castro brothers will only cause other tyrants from Caracas to Tehran to Pyongyang to see that they can take advantage of President Obama's naiveté during his final two years in office. As a result, America will be less safe as a result of the President's change in policy.” YearsTwoAmericaCausesPresidentChangeResultsPolicyBrotherSafeOfficeAdvantageFinalsTwo YearsTyrantsPresident ObamaCastroTehran Author:Marco Rubio
“President Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. He had the opportunity to go to some of the best schools in this country - schools that train you how to run the political paradigm, not challenge it. The leaders of the Black Power Movement were challenging that paradigm.” MenCountryRunningSchoolPoliticalCertainOpportunityBlackPresidentChallengesLeaderRightsMovementAdvantageTrainCivil RightsPresident ObamaParadigmCivil Rights MovementBlack PowerBest School Author:Danny Glover