“President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself.” WorldWantShouldYearsSaidWarCountryTurnsPresidentDemocracyAchieveStyleCapacityWesternSecureAspirationRealisticAfghanistanPresident ObamaPoorest Author:David Petraeus
“As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like, you will always be Al Gore to your wife's Bill Clinton. She feels the pain and you are the annoying nerd telling them to turn off the lights.” FeelsMatterLightPainTurnsPresidentWifeLike YouPersonalityDadBillsClintonVicesBranchesExecutivesAlsAnnoyingNerdGoreVice PresidentTurn OffExecutive Branch Author:Jim Gaffigan
“It's interesting what former presidents do when they leave office. Bush is now working as a motivational speaker. And if you want to be motivated, who better to turn to than the guy who invaded the wrong country and started a depression.” IfsWantCountryGuyTurnsPresidentInterestingOfficeFormerMotivatedSpeakersMotivational Speakers Author:David Letterman
“In the history of mankind many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost the power of governing themselves and thereby of governing their state; and in no way has this loss of power been so often and so clearly shown as in the tendency to turn the government into a government primarily for the benefit of one class instead of a government for the benefit of the people as a whole.” PeopleWayStatesWholeGovernmentTurnsLostPresidentLossClassGreaterMankindCitizensBenefitsTendenciesFallenRepublicGoverningRisenHis Loss Book:Addresses and Presidential Messages of Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1904 Source: Addresses and Presidential Messages of Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1904
“It turns out that President Obama has acid reflux. He had a sore throat, went to the hospital, and they diagnosed it as acid reflux. Talk about irony -- it's not covered by Obamacare.” TurnsPresidentIronyHospitalsCoveredThroatPresident ObamaAcidObamacareSore ThroatAcid Reflux Author:David Letterman
“Can you let your son's body become the same temperature as your son's head before you turn this into a political campaign against the president? Could you do that?” BodyPoliticalTurnsPresidentSonCampaignsTemperatureYour SonPolitical Campaign Author:Glenn Beck
“You cannot give the vice president the authority to declassify specific information and then turn around and say he can just give carte blanche to an assistant of his to declassify whatever he wants.” WantGivingTurnsPresidentInformationAuthorityVicesAssistantsVice PresidentBlanche Author:Joe Biden
“For the first time ever, a black Republican woman has been elected to Congress. President Obama told her, 'You are all set. This country never turns against a black anything.'” FirstsHas BeensCountryTurnsBlackPresidentRepublicanFirst TimeCongressPresident Obama Author:Conan O'Brien
“Hillary Clinton, President Obama, they're trying to turn the American dream into the European nightmare. We need to rescue the country from socialism.” NeedsTryingCountryDreamTurnsPresidentClintonSocialismNightmarePresident ObamaAmerican DreamRescue Author:Bobby Jindal
“All of our presidents come into office looking so vigorous ... They grow grayer and grayer, and by the time they leave, they’re as white as the building they live in ... I have one big advantage: I’ve been coloring my hair for years. So you’re not going to see me turn white in the White House.” YearsBigsTurnsHouseGrowsPresidentWhiteBuildingHairOfficeAdvantageWhite HouseVigorous Author:Hillary Clinton
“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