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.

  Scott McClellan

  New Orleans, Texas, People

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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?

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  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.

  Scott McClellan

  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'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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• 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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• As press secretary, I spent countless hours defending the administration from the podium in the White House briefing room.

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  White, House, Rooms

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

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• My wife and I look for ways to always support the troops, including sending care packages regularly to them.

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  Wife, Support, Troops

  "McClellan: President practices 'self-deception'". "Meet the Press", www.nbcnews.com.

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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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• We continue to go from crisis to crisis, whether it is electricity or whether it is gas prices. We need comprehensive solutions, not patchwork crisis management. We wouldn't be in this situation today if Senate Democrats weren't holding up the national energy plan that the president proposed back in May of 2001.

  Scott McClellan

  President, May, Today

  "White House: Bush 'disappointed' in OPEC" by Dana Bash and Jennifer Yuille, www.cnn.com. May 6, 2004.

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• My criticisms are extremely mild in comparison to the tone of some of the questions fired in my direction.

  Scott McClellan

  Criticism, Tone, Comparison

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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.

  Scott McClellan

  Views, Differences, Enemy

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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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• 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.

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  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.

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  Parent, Coincidence, Kent

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• Churches are like announcement factories that pump toxic levels of noise pollution into the atmosphere.

  Scott McClellan

  Atmosphere, Church, Toxic

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• Roughly 1 in 6 Americans have Irish blood. I'd say it's probably safe to assume that the average Irish-American who only comes out on St. Patrick's Day has no idea of the sort of economic powerhouse Ireland has become.

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  Average, Blood, Ideas

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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.

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  Law, Focus, Drug

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

  Scott McClellan

  White, House, Misled

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

  Scott McClellan

  Believe, White, People

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

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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.

  Scott McClellan

  Decision, President, Culture

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