“And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout?” PeopleIfsThinkingDoePoliticalPresidentVirtueBasesRewardsExcuseCommunistPardonExcuse MeAmerican PresidentCloutPardon Me Author:Milton Friedman
“I don't believe for a minute anybody allowed people to suffer because they are African Americans.” PeopleBelieveSufferingLeftPresidentRaceMinutesBasesDon't BelieveAfrican AmericanAbsent Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying to abide by the right. My vision is peace. My vision is prosperity.” PeopleTryingTwoPeacePresidentVisionRolesConscienceBasesProsperityTwo ThingsConsidering Author:Boris Trajkovski
“I can't imagine what it would be to be president when the United States at war with yourself. People killing each other here in America on a massive basis. Just can't imagine what it would be.” PeopleI CanWarStatesWould BeAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesImagineBasesKillingMassiveKilling Each OtherWar With Yourself Author:George W. Bush
“I have a very real political awareness that at least on a transient basis the more drastic action taken by the president, the more popular it is.” RealActionPoliticalPresidentTakenAwarenessBasesTransientDrasticPolitical Awareness Author:Jimmy Carter
“I don't reject the concept of preemptive war. I'm a mother of five. I have five grandchildren. And I always say: Think of a lioness. Think of a mother bear. You come anywhere near our cubs, you're dead. And so, in terms of any threat to our country, people have to know we'll be there to preemptively strike. But what the president [Bush] did was, on the basis of no real intelligence for an imminent threat to our country, chose to go into a war for reasons that are still unknown to us.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsWarRealCountryReasonMotherPresidentTermFiveBearsConceptsBasesThreatStrikesOur CountryRejectsGrandchildrenPresident BushCubsLionessReal Intelligence Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I'm a millionaire, I guess, but I'm just a normal person and I like everybody, taxi drivers, whoever you are, to call me by my first name and talk to me on a man-to-man basis. I think the garbage collector is as important as the goddamned president.” ThinkingMenFirstsPersonsImportantNamesPresidentNormalBasesCall MeDriversGarbageMillionaireCollectorsTalk To MeTaxi Author:Ted Turner
“I work with the president almost on a daily basis. I was with him until 6:30 last night. I'll be with him Thursday morning. We talk every day.” LastsNightPresidentMorningBasesLast NightThursday Author:Dan Quayle