Scott McClellan Quotes

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• Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.

  Scott McClellan

  War, Mistake, Unnecessary

  Scott McClellan (2008). “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception”, p.13, PublicAffairs

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• Despite what some people have said, President Bush did not want black people to die in New Orleans. However, he did hope they would not relocate to any areas of Texas that he likes to frequent.

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  New Orleans, Texas, People

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• Because what a temporary worker program would do is help relieve pressure on the border. It will allow our law enforcement officials and Border Patrol agents to focus on those who are coming here for the wrong reasons, the criminals and the drug dealers and the terrorists.

  Scott McClellan

  Law, Focus, Drug

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• Saddam Hussein is being treated the exact opposite of the way his regime treated those he imprisoned and tortured simply for expressing their opinions. And so I reject that.

  Scott McClellan

  Opposites, Way, Hussein

  "Insight" with Jonathan Mann, www.cnn.com. December 21, 2005.

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• A free and prosperous Iraq will be a major blow to the terrorists and their desire to establish a safe haven in Iraq where they can plan and plot attacks

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  Safe Haven, Blow, Iraq

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• Isn't it my right to talk and say what I want to?

  Scott McClellan

  Want

  "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann, www.nbcnews.com. October 14, 2005.

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• As a Texas loyalist who followed Bush to Washington with great hope and personal affection and as a proud member of his administration, I was all too ready to give him and his highly experienced foreign policy advisers the benefit of the doubt on Iraq. Unfortunately, subsequent events have showed that our willingness to trust the judgment of Bush and his team was misplaced.

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  Team, Texas, Iraq

  "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception". Book by Scott McClellan, April 21, 2008.

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• I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.

  Scott McClellan

  Differences, Speaking Up, Political

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. June 1, 2008.

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• I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted to be.

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  Kind, Servant, Wanted

  Scott McClellan (2008). “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception”, p.10, PublicAffairs

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• I'm glad to share my views.

  Scott McClellan

  Views, Share, Glad

  "McClellan stands by barnburner book". "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann, www.nbcnews.com. May 29, 2008.

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• When I was knowingly misled but only learned that much later, that's really when I started to become disillusioned at the White House.

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  White, House, Misled

  "Congressman wants McClellan to testify under oath". www.cnn.com. May 30, 2008.

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• The collapse of the administration's rationales for war, which became apparent months after our invasion, should never have come as such a surprise. In this case, the 'liberal media' didn't live up to its reputation. If it had, the country would have been better served.

  Scott McClellan

  Country, War, Media

  "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception". Book by Scott McClellan, April 21, 2008.

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• I still like and admire George W. Bush. I consider him a fundamentally decent person, and I do not believe he or his White House deliberately or consciously sought to deceive the American people.

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  Believe, White, People

  Scott McClellan (2008). “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception”, PublicAffairs

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• The Iraq war was not necessary.

  Scott McClellan

  War, Iraq, Iraq War

  "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception". Book by Scott McClellan, June 3, 2008.

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• In survey after survey, the Iraqi people say, 'We want to choose our leaders.'

  Scott McClellan

  People, Leader, Want

  "Abu Ghraib prisoners escape" by Dana Bash, Elise Labott, Nermeen al-Mufti, Barbara Starr, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Ayman Mohyeldin and Jennifer Yuille, www.cnn.com. January 14, 2005.

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• There's a difference between loyal opposition that has a different view, and those who are advocating a defeatist approach that sends the wrong message to our troops and the enemy.

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  Views, Differences, Enemy

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• As I have heard Bush say, only a wartime president is likely to achieve greatness, in part because the epochal upheavals of war provide the opportunity for transformative change of the kind Bush hoped to achieve. In Iraq, Bush saw his opportunity to create a legacy of greatness.

  Scott McClellan

  War, Opportunity, Greatness

  Scott McClellan (2008). “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception”, p.131, PublicAffairs

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• It's no coincidence that Superman's parents are Joseph and Martha Kent.

  Scott McClellan

  Parent, Coincidence, Kent

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• Well, uh, all people - all, I think all human begins, uh, have good attributes, and they also have their flaws.

  Scott McClellan

  Thinking, People, Flaws

  "McClellan: I Became What I Wanted to Change". Interview with Martha Raddatz, abcnews.go.com. May 29, 2008.

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• The permanent campaign is inherently deceptive.

  Scott McClellan

  Campaigns, Deceptive, Permanent

  "McClellan: I Became What I Wanted to Change". Interview with Martha Raddatz, abcnews.go.com. May 29, 2008.

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• I have had a career in public service.

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  Careers, Public Service

  "McClellan: President practices ‘self-deception’". "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com.

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• We are disappointed at the decision. The president remains fully committed to building a culture of life ... that is built on valuing life at all stages.

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  Decision, President, Culture

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• I believe in working together to solve the problems we've got. And we need to get rid of the venom in the political atmosphere in D.C. It's a poisonous atmosphere.

  Scott McClellan

  Believe, Dark, Political

  "Scott McClellan Defends New Book on 'O'Reilly Factor'". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. June 03, 2008.

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• I think it reflects the reality on the ground, that this was an important milestone that's been achieved by the Iraqi people, and it's a significant development. It's a real hopeful moment for democracy in Iraq.

  Scott McClellan

  Real, Thinking, Iraq

  "Bush says Iraq stands at 'turning point' / Leading Democrat calls for country to be split into sections" by Edward Epstein, www.sfgate.com. May 2, 2006.

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• We have to deal with reality. The reality is, we have a number a very high number of illegal immigrants in this country. They're meeting an important economic need. And we are a nation of laws, and we're a nation of immigrants. And if we're going to address the real threats, then we need to have a temporary worker program to allow our Border Patrol agents to focus on the criminals and the thugs and the terrorists and the traffickers and smugglers that are trying to come into this country illegally.

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  Country, Real, Thug

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