“It's actually quite common for presidents to believe that future generations will render a verdict on their presidencies that is more lasting or definitive than the judgments of their contemporaries. The reason is that although history is certainly "an argument without end" - we're still debating many age-old questions - time does help settle others.” BelieveDoeStillsEndsReasonHelpingAgePresidentCommonGenerationsJudgmentArgumentSettlingLastingPresidencyFuture GenerationVerdict Author:David Greenberg
“We have the most liberal, the most leftist candidate who has ever run for president in my lifetime; he's a sitting duck. This guy's policies are aimed at destroying the age of American greatness.” RunningAgeGuyPresidentPolicyGreatnessSittingLifetimeCandidatesLiberalismDestroyingDucksThis GuyLeftistsAmerican Greatness Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It is worth reminding that being president is a tough job for anybody, and particularly so in the information age. There's such a glut of information. Anything a president says or does is picked up on the Internet or the 24/7 news media and criticized almost instantly. Leaders persuade through their words and as such their words need to be measured and well chosen. It is a tough job.” NeedsWellsDoeAgeJobsPresidentLeaderMediaInformationInternetNewsToughChosenRemindingInformation AgeNews Media Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“If [President Obama] does not go on the offensive against ISIS...they are coming here. This is just not about Baghdad, this is just not about Syria, this is about our homeland. And if we get attacked because he has no strategy to protect us, then he will have committed a blunder for the ages.” IfsDoeRealityAgePoliticsPresidentLeadershipJusticeHistoryViolencePolicyGoes OnProtectStrategyCommittedTerrorismIdeologyPresident ObamaForeign PolicyOffensiveSyriaIsisHomelandBlundersBaghdad Author:Lindsey Graham
“No woman is likely ever to be elected President - they never reach the required legal age.” AgeSexPresident Author:Jacob Braude
“I think the president can set a tone and say we're not divided by gender, age, race. We're all Americans and want the same things. We want the best things for our kids. We want the rules to be fair. If they work hard, get a great education, they should be able to join the middle class.” IfsThinkingWantShouldHardKidsAgeAblePresidentRaceClassMiddleHard WorkFairsGenderBest ThingsToneMiddle ClassDividedGreat Education Author:Bobby Jindal
“It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the rise of mobile communications in the last 10 years. It used to be only the President had a mobile phone. Now everyone on earth, even if they have nothing else, they have a cell phone. It's a larger anthropological shift in my mind than even the tattoo age in the United States.” PeopleIfsMindLooksHardStatesAgeEarthUsedPresidentUnitedUnited StatesCommunicationConversationPrisonPhonesUsed To BeCellsTattooNavyMobileCell PhoneMobile PhonesCarnivals Author:Padgett Powell