President Quotes - page 97

Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes. (Madeleine M. Kunin)
Since President Bush took office, we have lost 3 million more good jobs. View quote
Marcy Kaptur
In 2010, we have to focus on electing a new Congress and in 2012 we have to focus on electing a new president. View quote
Andrew P. Harris
When a governor asks you to come and serve... or a president, subsequently in my life - you do so. View quote
Ann Wagner
When my sister and I came along, my father's political life was completely over. He ran for president the year I was born. So that was the end of it. He had been congressman first, then governor, before all that. So when we came along, he was running the Dayton newspaper. View quote
Anne Cox Chambers
When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history. View quote
Alan Huffman
You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda deputies, but he and his team gave top priority to their original plan to invade Iraq. View quote
Bill Nelson
I pretty much figure a collar will do, but as time goes on, I'm hoping I learn how to throw a suit on or something. I've still got some time. I'm not the president of the United States yet. View quote
Blake Anderson
Though President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday in 1894, the occasion was first observed on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. View quote
Brendan I. Koerner
The first person who contacted us was the assistant to President Eisenhower... in the White House. View quote
Betty Hill
Really, of all the important mission responsibilities assigned to United States Strategic Command by the president, none is more important than our responsibility to deter a strategic attack on the United States and our allies and partners. (C. Robert Kehler)
I was president of the show choir, I was kind of a geek, whatever. View quote
Christine Woods
I would say that President Roosevelt probably was more intimately in touch with the press corps at the White House than President Truman was. View quote
Clifton Daniel
Somebody had fired a shot at the President, and I had to get myself between the shooter and the President and Mrs. Kennedy. Nothing else mattered. View quote
Clint Hill
President Kennedy knew every agent by name. President Johnson knew many of us, but not as many as President Kennedy, probably. View quote
Clint Hill
President Lyndon Johnson was very, very unpredictable. We never knew for sure what he is going to do next, and he preferred to have it that way; if he could do something as a complete surprise, that was his preference. View quote
Clint Hill
The fact that President-elect Kennedy would be the first Catholic president did not sit well with many Americans. There was a fear that, as president, Kennedy's decisions would be based on his religion and dictated by the pope. View quote
Clint Hill
During his brilliant campaign, President Obama wove a powerful narrative about the American we all hope for. And that hope was grounded in a very powerful reality: President Obama's own inspiring life story. View quote
Cynthia P. Schneider
America was magnificently characterized in November of 2008 when we elected, for the first time, an African-American President of the United States. View quote
David Scott
Our co-founder and company president, Jim Levy, came from a record industry background and understood the marketing and promotion of artists as well as products. So the video game business went from absolutely zero designer credit to something approaching rock star promotion. View quote
David Crane
Mr. President, I believe your real problem is that you have somehow been unable to realize that you have won, not only won, but been re-elected by a tremendous margin. (Elliot Richardson)
The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail. View quote
Elliot Richardson
There are only two ways to remove the president - if he violates the constitution or commits high treason. How could anyone accuse me of treason after I had terminated Israel's occupation of South Lebanon in 2000. View quote
Emile Lahoud
I'm truly worried about the country's direction. I can tell you this categorically, we've got the weakest president and the weakest governor in the history of my 50 years of public service. View quote
Fritz Hollings
The Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime President. View quote
Francis Biddle