“Our President has declared that the only privileged person in our country are the children.” ChildrenPersonsCountryPresidentOur CountryPrivileged Author:Evita Peron
“Well, there doesn't seem anything else for an ex-President to do but to go into the country and raise big pumpkins.” WellsCountryBigsSeemsPresidentRaisesExesPumpkin Author:Chester A. Arthur
“I think if the White House or the President want to say anything about our conversations or anything I tried to do to help our country with their support or at their request, then I think they should be the ones to do that. But I think that former presidents should do that.” IfsThinkingWantShouldCountryHelpingHousePresidentWhiteSupportConversationOur CountryFormerWhite HouseSay AnythingRequest Author:William J. Clinton
“In 1960 Americans chose John F. Kennedy because they were ready for change. They were ready for new and better ideas. After six years of scandals and failed policies under the Reagan Administration, Americans are again ready for change and stronger leadership. I love my country. That is why I am seeking the Democratic nomination for president.” YearsIdeasCountryPresidentPolicyReadySixStrongerDemocraticSeekingAdministrationScandal1960sNominationsReady For Change Author:Mario Cuomo
“As you know President Bush has been traveling around the country trying to sell his new Social Security plan. He wants to take our retirement money and invest it in the stock market. He says nothing can go wrong. I'll mention that to Martha Stewart the next time I see her.” KnowsWantTryingHas BeensCountryNextSocialPresidentPlansSecuritySellsRetirementNext TimeSocial SecurityPresident Bush Author:Jay Leno
“Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.” CountryPresident Author:Chinua Achebe
“Republicans are now saying that Dan Rather should lose his job because he misled the country with bogus information. Which is odd because the Democrats are saying the exact same thing about President Bush.” ShouldCountryJobsPresidentLosesInformationRepublicanDemocratOddPresident BushMisled Author:Jay Leno
“The president finally explained why he sat in that classroom on 9/11 for 7 minutes after he was told the country was under attack. He said he was 'collecting his thoughts.' What a time to start a new hobby.'” SaidCountryPresidentMinutesSatClassroomHobbiesCollecting Author:Bill Maher
“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
“It is a great mistake for presidents and other leading executives of organizations having branches throughout the country to chain themselves to their desks at headquarters and send out rigid instructions to those in charge of distant branches and offices. Because a man sits in a palatial office in New York or Chicago or Philadelphia or Detroit and draws a big salary, it does not necessarily follow that he knows better than the man on the spot what ought to be done.... Paul, Caesar, Napoleon did not merely sit at home and issue long-range instructions.” KnowsMenLongDoeCountryDoneHomeBigsPresidentMistakeIssuesNew YorkHe ManOughtOfficeDrawsOrganizationSpotsChainsRangeBranchesExecutivesChicagoInstructionDesksSalaryDetroitPhiladelphiaGreat MistakesHeadquarters Author:B. C. Forbes
“They said that President Bush's war in Iraq has cost the former Spanish Prime Minister his job. So President Bush isn't losing American jobs anymore, he's branching out to other countries.” SaidWarCountryJobsPresidentCostLosingIraqFormerMinistersPrimeOther CountriesThey SaidPrime MinisterPresident BushAmerican JobsBranching Out Author:Jay Leno
“President Vladimir Putin continues to call for new peace plans as his troops roll through the Ukrainian countryside and he absolutely ignores every agreement that his country has signed in the past and he has signed recently, we, the United States, and Europe as a whole, have to stand with Ukraine at this moment. Ukraine needs our financial assistance and support as it pursues reforms and even in the face, in the face of this military onslaught.” NeedsCountryStatesWholeMomentsPastFacesPeacePresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportPlansMilitaryEuropeFinancialPursueReformAgreementTroopsAssistancePutinUkraineCountrysideUkrainianFinancial Assistance Author:Joe Biden
“I am proud to live in a country with an African-American president. But President Obama cannot be proud of the fact that the prevalence of black poverty has actually increased under his leadership. The specific policies advanced by the president and his allies on the left amount to little more than throwing money at the problem and walking away.” LittlesCountryFactsProblemLeftBlackPresidentLeadershipPovertyPolicyAmountProudWalkingAfrican AmericanAlliesThrowingPresident ObamaBe ProudWalking AwayAmerican President Author:Rick Perry
“I don't know anyone who is more admired and respected in the international community than President Karzai, for his strength, for his wisdom and for his courage to lead this country first in the defeat of the Taliban and now in rebuilding a democratic and unified Afghanistan. And I can tell you I am with foreign ministers and with heads of state all over the world. I sit in the councils of NATO. I sit with the EU. I sit with people all over the world and there is great admiration for your president and also for what the Afghan people are doing here.” PeopleKnowsWorldFirstsI CanCountryStatesPresidentCommunityDemocraticDefeatInternationalMinistersAdmirationAfghanistanCouncilTalibanNatoUnifiedInternational CommunityAfghanHead Of State Author:Condoleezza Rice
“President [Barack] Obama has talked about fundamentally transforming this country. There's 7 billion people across the face of the globe, many of whom want to come to this country. If they come legally, great. But if they come illegally and they get amnesty, that is how we fundamentally change this country, and it really is striking.” PeopleIfsWantCountryFacesPresidentBillionsBarackGlobesTransformingPresident Barack ObamaAmnesty Author:Ted Cruz
“This president [Barack Obama] has had weak leadership, which has led to bad choices. We have got to stop worrying about being loved and start worrying about being respected. And that's exactly how I'll lead our country.” CountryChoicesPresidentWorryWeakOur CountryBarackBeing LovedPresident Barack ObamaStop WorryingBad Choices Author:Chris Christie
“The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50 countries for the Afghan coalition, some 40 countries for the Iraqi coalition, more than 90 countries for the Proliferation Security Initiative and over 90 countries in the Global War on Terror.” WarCountryRealityTogetherPresidentSecurityCurrentsTerrorBarackInitiativePresident BushCoalitionsWar On TerrorLibyaProliferationAfghan Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“US is a very religious country. Separation of church and state is part of our credo, but that it is hard to understand since our money says "In God we trust" and every President says "God bless America".” CountryHardStatesAmericaPresidentChurchReligiousSeparationBlessChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateGod BlessCredoGod Bless AmericaGod We Trust Author:Madeleine Albright
“To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery.” MeanCountryPresidentBirthSlaveryCirclesAfrican AmericanDefectsFull CircleBirth Defects Author:Condoleezza Rice
“It doesn't actually make any difference whether the President is Republican or Democrat. The genius of the American ruling class is that it has been able to make the people think that they have had something to do with the electing of presidents for 200 years when they've had absolutely nothing to say about the candidates or the policies or the way the country is run.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsHas BeensCountryRunningAblePresidentDifferencesClassPolicyGeniusRepublicanDemocratCandidatesRulingAbsolutely Nothing Author:Gore Vidal
“One of the greatest concerns that I had when I became President was the vast array of nuclear weapons in the arsenals of the United States and the Soviet Union and a few other countries, and also the great proliferation of conventional weapons, non-nuclear weapons, particularly as a tremendous burden on the economies of developing or very poor countries.” CountryStatesPresidentPoorUnitedUnited StatesEconomyWeaponsConcernUnionsBurdenNuclearDevelopingSovietNuclear WeaponsConventionalOther CountriesSoviet UnionArsenalProliferationPoor Countries Author:Jimmy Carter
“I think it is important first of all that the president of the United States underscores our commitment to partnering with countries around the world, even though we're not intimidated by terrorist organisations.” ThinkingWorldFirstsImportantCountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesCommitmentTerroristAround The WorldOrganisationIntimidatedPartnering Author:Barack Obama
“For Europeans a president having an affair, especially in France, is a joke. No one cares, it would never bring this kind of trouble to a country.” KindCountryCarePresidentTroubleJokesAffairFranceNo One Cares Author:Julie Delpy
“As a matter of fact since Barack Obama has been president it is more overt - I believe - than it's been since the 1940's and 50's and so I am not surprised by it. I think it's an excellent teaching tool, particular for my sons and our people to understand that we still have to build within our community. We still have to work with one another. We still have to connect even with people outside of this country.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHas BeensStillsCountryMatterFactsI BelievePresidentCommunityTeachingParticularSonToolsBarackExcellentMy SonOur CommunityMatter Of Fact Author:Kwame Kilpatrick
“Today there are a lot places where people say they're just hopeless. If I can come from a hopeless country, get an education, become a hyphenated American and become president of the World Bank, it's my moral duty to make sure that every single person on the planet has that opportunity.” PeopleIfsWorldPersonsI CanCountryTodayOpportunityPresidentMoralPlanetsDutyHopelessSingle PersonMoral DutyWorld Bank Author:Jim Yong Kim
“There is bound to be a certain amount of trouble running any country. If you are president, the trouble happens to you. But if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so that most of the trouble happens to other people.” PeopleIfsCountryHappensRunningCertainPresidentTroubleAmountBoundsTyrants Book:Archy does his part Source: Archy does his part
“When it comes to giving tax breaks to the wealthy of this country, the President has a heart of gold.” GivingHeartCountryPresidentBreakTaxesGoldWealthyAmerican PoliticsTax BreaksHeart Of Gold Author:Tip O'Neill
“For me George Bush is just as scary, if not more. Because he doesn't look like a scary guy, because he's shaved and he has a tie on. But he's a real fanatic - a fanatic by definition is the one who says, if you are not with me, you are against me, and that's exactly the position he takes. The mullahs in my country, it's obvious. But a guy who says I am the president of the biggest secular democracy in the world and asks people to read the Bible and make crusades and says he's God's best friend - this guy is even more scary because you don't see it at the beginning.” PeopleIfsWorldLooksRealCountryGuyAsksPresidentDemocracyPositionDefinitionsObviousScaryTiesSecularThis GuyFanaticsCrusadesMullahs Author:Marjane Satrapi
“Many heroic things happened during slavery. And remember that there was a national movement away from it even at the time. The era of Reconstruction and then the subsequent dismantling of Reconstruction sent us in a tailspin. Then we had the Civil Rights movement. Now we have our first non-white president. We have a pattern of moving apart and then coming back together throughout the history of this country. Each time, we come closer.” FirstsCountryTogetherRememberMovingPresidentWhiteRightsHappenedMovementSlaveryPatternsThings HappenCivil RightsErasHeroicComing BackCivil Rights MovementBack TogetherReconstruction Author:Wynton Marsalis
“Are the people who run for president really the best in a country of 240 million? If so, something has happened to the gene pool.” PeopleIfsCountryRunningPresidentMillionsHappenedPoolGenes Author:Bob McKenzie
“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
“I decided that I was ready to assume this position when I discovered that the chance to save the country was very meager. I was prepared to sacrifice myself for this country and its 90 million people. They want food, fuel and electricity and yearn for a decent life. Any president who does not pay attention to such details or is unable to provide the minimum level of stability should leave office.” PeopleWantShouldDoeCountryPresidentChanceLevelsPayAttentionMillionsSacrificePositionReadyOfficeDecidedAssumingPreparedDetailsPay AttentionDecentFuelStabilityMinimumElectricityDecent Life Author:Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
“I would like to see more control and more criticism coming from Europe. The constant expressions of friendship for former President Eduard Shevardnadze, who made some contribution to German unity, were counterproductive for our country.” MadeCountryPresidentExpressionEuropeCriticismConstantUnityOur CountryFormerContributionCounterproductive Author:Irakli Okruashvili
“I believe I am a work horse. I believe that that is what our country needs. We need a president who will roll up our sleeves collectively as a nation and tackle the problems that we confront.” NeedsBelieveCountryProblemI BelieveNationsPresidentHorseOur CountrySleeves Author:Hillary Clinton
“I meet people who can't get healthcare for their families, people who are just distressed over what is happening in our country. So when somebody asks me, "How do you get up?" it really triggered in me the feeling that that's what I want us all to think about each other. How do we get up? How do we pull on our shoes, go out and deal with the problems America faces. That's what I intend to do as president.” PeopleThinkingWantCountryFeelingsProblemAmericaFacesAsksPresidentDealsHappeningsShoesOur CountryGet UpAsk MeHealthcareWant U Author:Hillary Clinton
“I ran for president because I wanted to help Lithuania and its people during a difficult time. My country was on the very edge of an economic crisis, and people were disappointed by the economic situation and the political elite. We all needed change and motivation to consolidate our efforts in order to overcome the difficulties.” PeopleCountryHelpingWantedPoliticalMotivationOrderDifficultPresidentEffortSituationEconomicNeededOvercomingDifficultyCrisisEdgesRanDisappointedElitesDifficult TimesEconomic CrisisLithuaniaNeeded Change Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“Critics say it's illegal for Donald Trump to run for president while hosting a TV show. It's also illegal to run for president if your hair wasn't born in this country.” IfsCountryShowsRunningPresidentBornTvsHairTrumpCriticsIllegalTv Shows Author:Conan O'Brien
“President Obama wants to raise taxes on the country's richest people. And you thought Donald Trump hated him before.” PeopleWantCountryPresidentTrumpTaxesRaisesHatedPresident Obama Author:Jay Leno
“We owe something to the government to grow up in this great country. I'm tired of hearing people in the private sector talk like they don't owe the government anything. We do. This is a great country because we all pay into it. It's about time we all pay into it. ... If we paid the same amount of taxes we paid when Bill Clinton was president, I would be a happy guy, and the budget would be closer to balanced. You cannot give away money, whether you give it to rich or poor people. That's what George Bush did -- excuse me, trillions of dollars. You can't do that.” PeopleIfsGivingCountryGovernmentWould BeGuyGrowsPresidentPoorPayGrowing UpRichAmountTaxesPaidBillsTiredDollarsClintonExcuseHearingBudgetsBalancedPoor PeoplePrivate SectorI'm TiredExcuse MeGreat CountryRich Or Poor Author:Howard Dean
“You will never see President Bachmann step one toe out of the United States and apologize for this country.” CountryStatesPresidentUnitedStepsUnited StatesApologizingToes Author:Michele Bachmann