Scott McClellan Quotes

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• Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.

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  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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• 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.

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  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.

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  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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• I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.

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  Philosophy, Believe, Governing

  "McClellan backs some of Obama's agenda". www.cnn.com. May 31, 2008.

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• I'm done with my job. It was my job to be the advocate and spokesman for the President of the United States.

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  Jobs, President, United States

  "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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• The permanent campaign is inherently deceptive.

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

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  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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• 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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• 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 Orange Revolution was a powerful example of democracy around the world. The people of Ukraine are continuing to shape their own future.

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  Powerful, Ukraine, Orange

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• Critics have stepped up their attacks on the President for authorizing the National Security Agency to listen to international communications of known al Qaeda members or affiliated terrorists during a time of war. The American people expect their leaders to stay a step ahead of the enemy, and the National Security Agency authorization is a critical tool in the War on Terror that saves lives and protects civil liberties at the same time.

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  War, Communication, Agency

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• It is regrettable that Senator Kennedy has chosen Veteran's Day to continue leveling baseless and false attacks that send the wrong signal to our troops and our enemy during a time of war. It is also regrettable that Senator Kennedy has found more time to say negative things about President Bush then he ever did about Saddam Hussein. If America were to follow Senator Kennedy's foreign policy, Saddam Hussein would not only still be in power, he would be oppressing and occupying Kuwait.

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  War, Kuwait, America

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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.

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  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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• I think that there's a tendency in this town to try to selectively pick snapshots, when the broader reality is that we have a record of results and that we're getting things done for the American people.

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  Thinking, Reality, People

  "Ports Showdown Averted, White House Relieved". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. March 10, 2006.

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• I remember my mom saying to me that what your friends do is one thing, but what you do could be on the front page of the paper.

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  Mom, Paper, Pages

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• Well I think that you have to be open and honest in order to learn from your mistakes and be able to correct them in the future to understand what would happen to take things off course. And if we don't address these issues openly and honestly then we don't learn.

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  Mistake, Thinking, Order

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

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• I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest-ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice president, the president's chief of staff and the president himself.

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  President, Vices, Information

  Scott McClellan (2008). “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception”, p.3, 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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