“We don't pray for the land. We pray for the humans, all humans... starting with the president, Mohammed Morsi, and all officials, and for God to give everyone wisdom and responsibility to manage the affairs of this country and its people in true Egyptian spirit.” PeopleGivingHumansCountryWisdomSpiritPresidentResponsibilityLandPrayingStartingAffairManageOfficialsEgyptian Author:Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
“He's got to do better than the shoddy piecing together of flimsy evidence that contradicts the briefings we have received by various agencies. I'm not hearing the same things at the briefings that I'm hearing from the president's top officials.” TogetherPresidentEvidenceVariousHearingAgencyOfficialsContradictionBriefing Author:Russ Feingold
“Election officials say that in 2016, it may be possible to vote for the president on your smartphone. Can you imagine that? With one swipe you can choose a president and at the same time tell him or her where you want to hook up.” WantMayPresidentImagineVoteElectionOfficialsImagine ThatHookSmartphonesHook Up Author:Conan O'Brien
“Hillary Clinton used a private email account to conduct official state business. Experts say that if this violates any federal rules, then she . . . will still be president.” IfsStillsStatesUsedPresidentAccountsClintonExpertsOfficialsEmail Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I had to go on TV with the president of the Catholic League, which is not an official organization at all, just a lot of Catholics, or maybe it's just this guy. He demanded to de-fund art completely and argued that taxpayers should not pay for it. I said people who represent the Catholic Church shouldn't talk about taxes.” PeopleShouldArtSaidGuyPresidentChurchPayTvsGoes OnTaxesOrganizationCatholicLeagueOfficialsFundThis GuyTaxpayersCatholic Church Author:Fran Lebowitz
“In early 1961 a new president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos - of no conceivable strategic importance to the U.S. - required the presence of American troops and perhaps even tactical nuclear weapons. Why? Because if Laos fell, Asia would go red from Thailand to Indonesia.” IfsPresidentLeaderMilitaryWeaponsRedImportanceNuclearKingdomsOfficialsNuclear WeaponsTroopsAsiaIndonesiaCiviliansStrategicThailandTacticalMilitary LeaderLaosAmerican TroopsPresident John F Kennedy Author:Jeff Greenfield
“I condemn all statements - made in sincerity or jest - that threaten or suggest the use of violence against the president of the United States or any other public official. Such rhetoric cannot and will not be tolerated.” MadeStatesUsePresidentUnitedUnited StatesViolenceStatementsOfficialsSincerityRhetoricJestPublic Officials Author:Paul Broun
“The White House again refused to turn over discussions Vice President Cheney had with Enron officials over energy policy. Cheney said if he had to disclose every time some business donated a ton of money then came in to write its own policy to govern itself, he wouldn't get any work done.” IfsWritingSaidDoneTurnsHouseEnergyPresidentWhitePolicyVicesDiscussionOfficialsWhite HouseVice PresidentWork DoneEnronEnergy Policy Author:Dennis Miller
“The recommendation by the Arkansas Supreme Court Disciplinary Committee that President Clinton be disbarred is like a tender green shoot of integrity rising from the stinking junkyard of American public life. At last, some official body has come to a decision about Clinton's conduct that is untainted by politics, cowardice or cynicism.” BodyLastsPresidentDecisionIntegrityGreenCourtClintonSupremeOfficialsRisingCowardiceCynicismCommitteesSupreme CourtPublic LifeRecommendationsArkansasPresident ClintonJunkyard Author:Mona Charen
“Shepard Fairey, the street artist responsible for President Obama's 'Hope' poster, is now facing vandalism charges in Detroit. It's pretty serious. Detroit officials say the artist's spray paint caused over $9,000 worth of improvements.” ArtistPresidentStreetsSeriousResponsiblePaintImprovementOfficialsPresident ObamaDetroitPostersSprayVandalismSpray Paint Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter has filed papers to run for president. But in his official filing, he misspelled the word 'president.' Political experts say it's all part of Hunter's plan to attract Bush supporters.” RunningPoliticalPresidentPlansRepublicanPaperExpertsOfficialsSupporterHuntersPapersCongressmanFilingDuncan Author:Conan O'Brien
“If the American people had known the truth - that Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other top administration officials knew that the Benghazi attack was an al-Qaida terrorist attack from the get-go - and yet lied and covered this fact up - Mitt Romney might very well be president. These documents also point to connection between the collapse in Libya and the ISIS war - and confirm that the U.S. knew remarkable details about the transfer of arms from Benghazi to Syrian jihadists.” PeopleIfsWellsWarFactsMightPresidentKnownArmsConnectionsClintonDetailsTerroristAdministrationBarackOfficialsRemarkableAlsCoveredCollapseDocumentsLiedRomneyIsisTransfersLibyaTerrorist AttacksBenghazi Author:Tom Fitton
“I, George Bush, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as the Decade of the Brain.” PeopleStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedBrainUnited StatesActivityProgramDecadesOfficialsAppropriateUnited States Of AmericaCeremonyJanuaryPublic OfficialsJanuary 1 Author:George H. W. Bush
“There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of a president to have anything to do with criminal activities.” PresidentDutyActivityConstitutionCriminalsOfficials Author:Sam Ervin
“There is no constitutional or legal requirement that the President shall take the oath of office in the presence of the People but there is so manifest an appropriateness in the public induction to office of the chief executive officer of the nation that from the beginning of the Government the people to whose service the official oath consecrates the officer, have been called to witness the solemn ceremonial” PeopleHas BeensGovernmentNationsPresidentOfficeChiefsWitnessOfficialsExecutivesManifestOfficersRequirementsSolemnOathChief ExecutivesAppropriatenessOath Of Office Book:Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition Source: Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition