“There's one reason why [Presidents' Day] is a holiday. It had nothing to do with our country deciding that we wanted to show reverence for our presidents, Lincoln, Washington, or all of them. Nothing to do with that. The ski industry wanted a three-day weekend.” CountryReasonShowsWantedThreePresidentIndustryOur CountryReason WhyHolidayWeekendReverenceSkisPresidents DayPresident Lincoln Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Here the system is creating an industry around the drug issue when it does nothing to stop the corrupt military that moves the drugs, and the big banks that are all in cahoots with the President and the big shots in the Congress.” DoeBigsMovingPresidentIssuesMilitaryIndustryDrugCreatingShotsCongressBig Shots Author:Jerry Brown
“I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.” PresidentCompanyEconomySecurityBuildingIndustryBecomingTerrificMergingAmerican ExpressBecoming President Author:Sanford I. Weill
“Shortly after taking office in 1993, President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore called for a shift in American technology policy toward an expansion of public investments in partnerships with private industry.” PresidentTechnologyPolicyIndustryOfficeBillsClintonInvestmentVicesAlsPartnershipExpansionGoreVice PresidentPresident Bill Clinton Author:Lewis M. Branscomb
“As our boys and men are all expecting to be Presidents, so our girls and women must all hold themselves in readiness to preside inthe White House; and in no city in the world can honest industry be more at a discount than in this capital of the government of the people.” PeopleMenWorldGovernmentGirlHouseWomenPresidentWorkWhiteCitiesBoysHonestIndustryWhite HouseExpectingReadinessDiscountsCities In The World Author:Jane Swisshelm
“I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off.” IfsThinkingPresidentIndustryBetter Off Author:David Axelrod