John Podesta Quotes

• It's time to find out what the truth really is that's out there.

  John Podesta

  "The Untold Story of How John Podesta Answered My Question About UFOs" by Aj Vicens, www.motherjones.com. October 26, 2016.

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• I think it’s time to open the books on questions that have remained in the dark on the question of government investigations of UFOs. It’s time to find out what the truth really is that’s out there. We ought to do it because it’s right. We ought to do it because the American people, quite frankly, can handle the truth. And we ought to do it because it’s the law.

  John Podesta

  Book, Dark, Thinking

  "UFO info disclosure John Podesta - Scene from I Know What I Saw". John Prodesta' speech on disclosing UFO information at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., www.youtube.com. October 22, 2002.

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• The American people have the right to know and understand the laws they live under. And they tend to demand answers sooner or later.

  John Podesta

  Law, People, Answers

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Finally, my biggest failure of 2014: Once again not securing the #‎ disclosure of the UFO files.

  John Podesta

  Ufo, Disclosure, Files

  "Outgoing Obama Advisor John Podesta Has UFO Regrets". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 13, 2015.

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• The only Trump constant seems to be his unpredictability. America lives in a state of constant turmoil. There were those who thought maybe that would calm down when he became president, but what has happened is that the pressures of the presidency have actually exaggerated those tendencies.

  John Podesta

  President, Calm, Calm Down

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Hillary Clinton has done amazing things and she's not done yet.

  John Podesta

  Done, Clinton, Amazing Things

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• Hillary Clinton is not done yet.

  John Podesta

  Done, Clinton

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• Donald Trump has been someone who has basically taken every position that Vladimir Putin has.

  John Podesta

  Taken, Putin, Trump

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I have great respect for Bernie Sanders, there was a moment where he opposed the Paris Deal... I was frustrated with him, but he and I have a very good relationship... and I have great affection for him, but I do think when he criticized the Paris agreement, I didn't think it was the right position.

  John Podesta

  Thinking, Paris, Agreement

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Resignation is just simply out of the question.

  John Podesta

  Resignation

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• Ultimately I think what people care about, particularly on an issue like Social Security, is not really what's right and what's left but what's right and what's wrong.

  John Podesta

  Thinking, Issues, People

  "My Interview with CAP President John Podesta". Interview with Jonathan Singer, www.blueoregon.com. March 04, 2005.

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• So I think it's important to communicate with the people in terms of what the real facts are on these proposals and try to have a discussion and a dialogue that gives people information. I think they're hungry for that rather than just political rhetoric.

  John Podesta

  Real, Thinking, People

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• So I think in those circumstances, there's some potential that you could see a big pendulum swing like 1994, which people you thought weren't vulnerable all of the sudden get in trouble.

  John Podesta

  Thinking, Swings, People

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• In fact, I think that Governor Clinton, when he was running, and President Clinton, when he was serving, actually governed with a wide range of advisors and a perspective that blended the best of ideas from the center and the left.

  John Podesta

  Running, Thinking, Ideas

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• If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something of a lock on the House until a redistricting occurs after 2010, particularly as a result of what DeLay did in Texas.

  John Podesta

  Texas, People, House

  "My Interview with CAP President John Podesta". Interview with Jonathan Singer, www.blueoregon.com. March 04, 2005.

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• I think ... that things are a little bit up for grabs right now.

  John Podesta

  Thinking, Littles, Right Now

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• I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits.

  John Podesta

  Wise, Believe, President

  "Democratic fund-raiser takes Fifth Amendment in pardons probe" by March 1, 2001, www.cnn.com. March 1, 2001.

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• If medicine was practiced in 1965 the way it's practiced today, there's no question that prescriptions would have been included in Medicare.

  John Podesta

  Medicine, Today, Way

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• Realistically, I think we are not prepared to go home until we do get more teachers and lower class sizes.

  John Podesta

  Teacher, Home, Thinking

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• I think that what we've been able to do is put together both a good group of scholars and analysts and people who aggressively want to make the case to the American public.

  John Podesta

  Thinking, Usa, People

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• This tough-love, winner-take-all narrative dominating policymaking is far too limited a way to think about how a complex, modern, diverse economy like ours expands and thrives. The strongest periods of economic growth in the 20th century were also times when incomes rose across the board.

  John Podesta

  Thinking, Rose, Political

  "Income Inequality’s Ripple Effect". www.politico.com. December 09, 2013.

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• I think if you look at yesterday's New York Times poll, particularly when you judge Democrats in Congress versus the Republicans in Congress, people put a little more faith, or even a little more than a little more faith in the Democrats in Congress.

  John Podesta

  New York, Thinking, Yesterday

  "My Interview with CAP President John Podesta". Interview with Jonathan Singer, www.blueoregon.com. March 4, 2005.

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• I think that people have to have to have a sense of what ideas are one the progressive side, the Democratic side in order ultimately to be effective in the political world.

  John Podesta

  Thinking, Order, Ideas

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• If that's your definition of the Clinton faction, then I think that that seems to be in ascendancy. That might include a guy like John Edwards, who's just starting this new center in Chapel Hill to deal with issues of poverty and work.

  John Podesta

  Thinking, Issues, Guy

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• I did answer all of the questions put to me today, ... Nothing in my testimony in any way contradicted the strong denials that the president has made to these allegations, and since I have been asked to return and answer some additional questions, I think that it's best that I not answer any questions out here and reserve that to the grand jury.

  John Podesta

  Strong, Thinking, President

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