“Winning the Nobel Prize does not automatically qualify you to be commander in chief. I think George Bush has proved definitively that to be president, you don't need to care about science, literature or peace.” ThinkingNeedsDoeCareLiteratureWinningPresidentChiefsPrizeCommandersNobelNobel PrizeCommander In Chief Author:Stephen Colbert
“Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.” LiteraturePresidentOne ThingAchievementAffairListsRememberedSuspectsWatergateForeign Affairs Author:Bob Woodward
“I don't know why his lawyers didn't tell him, 'You don't have to answer any questions about your private life, Mr. President. Let them sue you. Take the heat. You don't have to answer.'” KnowsLiteraturePresidentAnswersLawyerHeatPrivate Life Author:Chris Matthews
“Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers. This president, much as I like him, had all the opportunities in the world.” PeopleWorldNeedsLiteratureOpportunityPresidentTravelerTravel The WorldI Like Him Author:Chris Matthews
“The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking in Iraq. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.” IfsKindDoeHas BeensActionLiteraturePresidentIraqAfghanistan Author:Ferdinand Mount
“There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.” PeopleNeedsPoliticalLiteraturePresidentPaidUpsetDoing NothingPresident BushCongressman Author:Nicholas D. Kristof