“Over the weekend, of course, down there in Washington, D.C., they had the big White House Correspondents' Dinner. Do you know who was really funny? President Obama. So funny, in fact, he has already been promised 'The Tonight Show' in five years.” KnowsYearsFactsShowsBigsCoursesHousePresidentWhiteFiveDinnerFive YearsTonightWhite HouseDo You KnowPresident ObamaWeekend Author:David Letterman
“I started out as the president of a small college in Minnesota in 1947. And I had five years of experience at the college. Then we went to Los Angeles. And the press got to what we were doing. And I went to Boston, which is my next series of meetings. That was in 1950.” YearsNextPresidentFiveCollegePressesMeetingsSeriesFive YearsLos AngelesBostonMinnesotaYears Of Experience Author:Billy Graham
“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
“Three American presidents-Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson-have asked the question: What do we get from aiding Pakistan? Five-Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama-have wondered aloud whether Pakistan's leaders can be trusted to keep their word.” ThreePresidentLeaderFiveBillsClintonBarackTrustedPakistanJohnsonJimmyCarterAmerican PresidentDwightGeorge H W BushLyndon B JohnsonDwight D Eisenhower Book:Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding Source: Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding
“The Secret Service said there have been 40 fence-jumping incidents at the White House in the past five years. Half of them were intruders trying to get in. The other half was President Obama trying to get out.” TryingYearsHas BeensSaidPastHousePresidentWhiteSecretHalfFiveFive YearsWhite HousePresident ObamaFenceJumpingIncidentsOther HalfSecret ServiceIntruders Author:Conan O'Brien
“You probably heard about the big prisoner swap with Cuba. A man who has been incarcerated in Havana for five years is back home in the United States. And we sent them some prisoners. The deal still has to be approved by President Obama and Bud Selig.” MenYearsHas BeensStillsStatesHomeBigsPresidentUnitedDealsUnited StatesFiveHeardFive YearsPrisonerPresident ObamaCubaBudBack HomeApprovedHavana Author:David Letterman
“President Obama broke a world record after he reached a million followers on Twitter in just five hours. The only guys not following Obama? His Secret Service agents. They lost track months ago.” WorldGuyLostPresidentHoursSecretMillionsRecordsFiveMonthsTrackFollowingAgentsBrokeFollowersPresident ObamaSecret ServiceWorld RecordsFollowers On Twitter Author:Jimmy Fallon
“[President Johnson] had the political will to say that having one in five Americans living in the kind of abject conditions their fellow citizens associated with Third World countries and the novels of Dickens was as dangerous as any battlefield enemy.” WorldKindCountryPoliticalPresidentEnemyPovertyNovelFiveConditionsDangerousCitizensThirdsFellowsJohnsonBattlefieldsThird WorldDickensPolitical WillThird World CountriesPresident Johnson Author:Anna Quindlen
“These economic, social, cultural and educational causes of opportunity inequality are complex. And they will not be solved by continuing with the same stale Washington ideas. Five decades and trillions of dollars after President Johnson waged his War on Poverty, the results of this big-government approach are in.” IdeasWarBigsGovernmentOpportunitySocialCausesPresidentResultsPovertyFiveEconomicApproachDollarsComplexesEducationalDecadesInequalityContinuingJohnsonStaleBig GovernmentWar On PovertyPresident Johnson Author:Marco Rubio
“On the August night in 1933 when General Gerardo Machado, then president of Cuba, flew out of Havana into exile, he took with him five revolvers, seven bags of gold, and five friends, still in their pajamas.” StillsNightPresidentFiveGoldSevenBagsExileCubaFlewAugustPajamasRevolverHavanaFive Friends Author:Joan Didion
“John Kerry suspended his campaign for five days this week in honor of President Reagan. And right now, he's ahead in the polls. How's that make him feel? Disappears for a week and he's up in the polls. What else can he do now but go into hiding.” FeelsPresidentFiveWeekHonorRight NowDisappearCampaignsHidingPollsSuspendedJohn KerryPresident Reagan Author:Jay Leno
“The last five-six presidents of Haiti have failed miserably. And I don't think it would be an honor for me to say I want to be the next 'president.' I want to be the man by with whom change arrives.” ThinkingMenWantWould BeLastsNextPresidentFiveHe ManHonorSixHaiti Author:Michel Martelly
“President Bush announced he has a five-point strategy for getting out of Iraq. Points six through 10 will be handled by the Kerry administration.” PresidentFiveSixStrategyIraqAdministrationPresident Bush Author:David Letterman
“All children should be welcomed into the world and protected by the law. As President, I would immediately repeal President Clinton's five executive orders that promote abortion. I support a human life bill that defines unborn children as persons under the 14th Amendment. I will vigorously defend the pro-life plank in the Republican platform.” WorldShouldHumansChildrenPersonsLawOrderPresidentSupportFiveRepublicanBillsClintonHuman LifeAbortionExecutivesAmendmentsProtectedPlatformsUnbornPro LifePresident ClintonUnborn ChildExecutive Orders14th Amendment Author:Gary Bauer
“This criticism is ridiculous. The twenty-five hundreth anniversary celebration cost me less than the inauguration of each new president of the United States.” StatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesFiveCostCriticismTwentiesRidiculousCelebrationTwenty FiveInauguration Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“I've worked with five Presidents in America, all of them I ask the same question always: Why didn't the American allies bomb the railways going to Auschwitz?” AmericaAsksPresidentFiveBombsAlliesRailwayAuschwitz Author:Elie Wiesel