“Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.” ShouldEndsCertainPresidentLevelsEnvironmentPracticalsThe End Of The DayCooperationDiplomacyDecencyDecorumBipartisanship Author:Mark McKinnon
“Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution, lay down their weapons, cut their ties with al Qaeda and essentially become productive or at least participating members of society in that regard.” Has BeensCoursesPresidentLinesLevelsAcceptingClearCuttingHigherMembersWeaponsRedConstitutionRegardLaysTiesProductiveAlsReconciliationAl QaedaParticipatingHigher LevelRed Lines Author:David Petraeus
“I never thought we'd ever have a black president. President Obama has done such a tremendous job He just has been unable to get what he needs to be moved at the level it should be moved.” NeedsShouldHas BeensDoneJobsBlackPresidentLevelsMovedPresident Obama Author:Hank Aaron
“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
“It's so funny that people think I actually ran for President. I am maybe the most un-political person you're ever going to meet. When I put "Elected" out, it was definitely a satire... "Alice Cooper for President"... when everybody realized I was running against Nixon, you known, even on a joke level, I think I got a lot of write-in votes.” PeopleThinkingWritingPersonsRunningPoliticalPresidentLevelsKnownJokesVoteRanSatire Author:Alice Cooper
“Democrats in state legislatures are at their lowest level since the 1920s. President Obama has a can't-miss strategy to save the party in 2016. He's leaving.” StatesPresidentLevelsPartyMissingStrategyDemocratLeavingPresident ObamaLowestLegislatureState Legislatures Author:Craig Ferguson
“There are important arguments to be made about the relative merits of an hereditary or an elected head of state: but not at the level of the human frailties of particular monarchs or presidents. No one seriously contends that the American presidency should be abolished because Bill Clinton is a self-confessed adulterer. So why should the abolition of the British monarchy be contemplated because the same is true of Prince Charles?” ShouldHumansMadeImportantSelfStatesPresidentLevelsParticularArgumentBillsClintonBritishMeritRelativePresidencyMonarchyAbolitionMonarchsFrailtyBritish HistoryHereditaryHead Of StateHuman FrailtiesBritish Monarchy Book:History in Our Time Source: History in Our Time
“[On George W. Bush:] How is it possible that the president is off on vacation and the vice president is, too? Not that it matters that much if the president is on vacation; on some level, the president is always on vacation.” IfsMatterPresidentLevelsVicesVacationVice President Author:Nora Ephron
“The president of the United States, whoever it is, deserves a certain level of reverence and respect just because of the office he holds.” StatesCertainPresidentLevelsUnitedUnited StatesOfficeDeserveReverence Author:Chris Matthews
“President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futures Partnership promotes removal of policy, legal, and regulatory barriers that hold women back at local, state and national levels.” StatesPoliticalPresidentLevelsEconomicPolicyEqualEmpowermentLocalsBarriersPresident ObamaPartnershipOld WomanRemoval Author:Lael Brainard
“I will criticize President Obama on this level: it's a good thing I'm not president because I would prosecute every person that was involved in that torture. I would prosecute the people that did it. I would prosecute the people that ordered it. Because torture is against the law.” PeoplePersonsLawPresidentLevelsInvolvedGood ThingsTortureCriticizePresident Obama Author:Jesse Ventura
“Americans are finally coming to a point where they're accepting of religious criticism, is because George Bush is the first president who really put religion so front-and-center. He's the most Christ-y president we've ever had - and he is, not uncoincidentally, the biggest disaster we've ever had. I think even people who are religious don't like it shoved down their throat. I think people kind of get it on a certain level, that this is an antiscience administration, and we're living in a time where we can't afford to be antiscience - for environmental reasons, for educational reasons.” PeopleThinkingFirstsKindReasonCertainPresidentChristReligiousLevelsAcceptingFrontsCriticismEnvironmentalEducationalDisasterAdministrationThroat Author:Bill Maher
“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
“If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there is a very high level of consistency, and there is a sense that he is who he is. Obama's governing is completely consistent with the way he campaigned and the themes on which he campaigned, the issues he highlighted, the vision he shared.” IfsWayLooksRunningTodayRomancePresidentLevelsVisionIssuesMinutesThemeConsistentConsistencyGoverningHigh Level Author:David Axelrod