“Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that's despicable.” WantRealReasonCharacterHousePresidentWhitePartyColorRacismSkinsLet MeChiefsRacistWhite HousePresident ObamaPortionsCompetenceCommandersDespicableCommander In ChiefCandid Author:Colin Powell
“The fighter (like the writer) must stand alone. If he loses he cannot call an executive conference and throw off on a vice president or the assistant sales manager. He is consequently resented by fractional characters who cannot live outside an organization.” IfsCharacterPresidentLosesOrganizationVicesFighterManagersExecutivesConferencesAssistantsVice PresidentStand Alone Book:The Sweet Science Source: The Sweet Science
“One of the most important virtues of the American character is our ability to approach the complexities that life presents us with common sense and decency, .. The considered judgment of the American people is not going to rise or fall on the fine distinctions of a legal argument but on straight talk and the truth. It is time for the president and the Congress to follow that common sense for the good of the country.” PeopleImportantCountryCharacterFallPresidentAbilityCommonVirtueFineJudgmentApproachArgumentCongressCommon SenseComplexityDistinctionDecencyAmerican Character Author:Dick Gephardt
“One of the things particularly admirable in the public utterances of President Lincoln is a certain tone of familiar dignity, which, while it is perhaps the most difficult attainment of mere style, is also no doubtful indication of personal character. There must be something essentially noble in an elective ruler who can descend to the level of confidential ease without forfeiting respect, something very manly in one who can break through the etiquette of his conventional rank and trust himself to the reason and intelligence of those who have elected him.” ReasonCharacterCertainDifficultPresidentLevelsBreakStyleDignityMereNobleFamiliarEaseToneRulersConventionalEtiquetteAttainmentAdmirableIndicationDoubtfulManlyBreak ThroughUtteranceConfidentialPersonal CharacterPresident Lincoln Book:Abraham Lincoln Source: Abraham Lincoln
“Children model the behavior of adults, on whatever scale is available to them. Ours are growing up in a nation whose most important, influential men - from presidents to the coolest film characters - solve problems by killing people. ... We have taught our children in a thousand ways, sometimes with flag-waving and sometimes with a laugh track, that the bad guy deserves to die.” PeopleMenWayChildrenImportantSometimesCharacterProblemFilmGuyDiesNationsPresidentLaughingGrowing UpGrowingTaughtThousandBehaviorModelsAdultsDeserveMurderOur ChildrenKillingTrackAvailableSolveScalesFlagsBad GuysInfluentialFlag Waving Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“The problem that we have is the President himself- a President who prides himself on his own weakness and incompetence and whose love of false prophets and strange women knows no bounds and has no end. A President who is as confused and as clueless as the comic character called Chancey Gardner in the celebrated 1970's Peter Seller's Hollywood blockbuster titled ”Being There” KnowsEndsCharacterProblemPresidentStrangePrideWeaknessHollywoodBoundsComicConfusedProphetPeterBeing ThereIncompetenceSellersCluelessBlockbusterFalse Prophets Author:Femi Fani-Kayode
“Whether youre president or speaker, if youre wrong, we need to stand up and point it out. Thats what Martin Luther King had talked about: being judged by the content of our character and not the color of our skin. So some of us pounded away on some of the ridiculous policies of Pelosi - and lo and behold, over time, the public began to see.” IfsNeedsCharacterPresidentPolicyColorKingsSkinsRidiculousJudgedSpeakersLutherBeing Judged Author:Louie Gohmert
“We have had more brilliant Presidents than Cleveland, and one or two who were considerably more profound, but we have never had one, at least since Washington, whose fundamental character was solider and more admirable.” TwoCharacterPresidentFundamentalsProfoundBrilliantAdmirableCleveland Book:Mencken Chrestomathy Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who knew him, his secretaries, have written that he was deeply hurt by what was said about him and drawn about him, but on the other hand, Lincoln had the great strength of character never to display it, always able to stand tall and strong and firm no matter how harsh or unfair the criticism might be. These elements of greatness, of course, inspire us all today.” Has BeensSaidMatterCharacterHandsMightTodayAbleCoursesStrongPresidentHurtWrittenStrengthGreatnessInspireElementsCriticismFirmTallDisplayUnfairSecretaryHarshStrength Of CharacterDeeply Hurt Author:Richard M. Nixon