Administration Quotes

• Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Accomplishment, Presidential, Political

  1929 Press conference, Mar.

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• The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years.

  Tom Coburn

  Stupid, Government, Years

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• A majority of this country opposes this war, a majority of this country never voted for this administration.

  Michael Moore

  Country, War, Majority

  "GOP convention protest covers miles of New York", edition.cnn.com. August 30, 2004.

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• And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own private war against the Clinton Administration.

  Sidney Blumenthal

  War, Directors, Clinton

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• I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous.

  Susan Collins

  Past, Needs, Chemicals

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• Put simply, the Bush administration policy in the Middle East is continuing to fail.

  Jerome Corsi

  Middle East, Failing, Continuing

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• The President, the Administration and the campaign need a theme. I am concerned that the President is seen as a tactician without an overall strategy of his plan for the country.

  Robert Teeter

  Country, President, Needs

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• Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift.

  Soundarya

  Brother, Looks, Spendthrift

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• On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I "step aside" as CEO of GM, and so I have.

  G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.

  Friday, Steps, Ceo

  "Wagoner's words show how far we've come" by Dan Roberts, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2009.

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• It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration.

  James Bovard

  Favors, Conservative, Concern

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• Mercury emissions will continue to harm the environment and to endanger the health of children and pregnant women, until this Administration puts public health before politics.

  Mark Dayton

  Children, Pregnancy, Mercury

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• Torture is illegal, both in the U.S. and abroad. So - and that is true for the Bush administration and for any other administration.

  Jane Mayer

  Illegal, Torture

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• The Clinton administration hated us, and it was a terrible struggle with them. I think that they felt if they didn't play, they could strangle us in our crib.

  Brit Hume

  Struggle, Thinking, Play

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• Reducing the budget for Amtrak makes no sense unless the Administration is prepared to implement a reform strategy which can be supported by the budget request.

  Christopher Bond

  Reform, Amtrak, Strategy

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• This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.

  Tim Bishop

  Aggravation, Wealth, Congress

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• We need to be calling out the flaws and misguided decisions of the Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Decision, Needs, Calling

  "Pawlenty: GOP surge if health plan fails" by Andy Barr, www.politico.com. August 14, 2009.

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• My goal in the new administration is to engage all of the stakeholders, everyone who can help us meet the challenges of the 21st century, and ensure that we work together.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Goal, Challenges, Working Together

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• The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.

  Ben Bradlee

  Running, Pressure

  "Watergate: 25 Years Later". Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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• Why did the Clinton Administration continue to liberalize export controls on sensitive technologies even after it learned that China had stolen designs?

  Charles Bass

  Technology, Design, Sensitive

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• One of the most widespread myths about the deal is that the Administration is outsourcing the security of our ports to a company from the United Arab Emirates.

  Christopher Bond

  Port, Myth, Outsourcing

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• I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.

  Carlos Alazraqui

  Jobs, Real, College

  Interview with Jason Zingale, www.bullz-eye.com. July 11, 2006.

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• The due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government, I have considered the first arrangement of the judicial department as essential to the happiness of the country, and to the stability of its political system.

  George Washington

  Wisdom, 4th Of July, Government

  "The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private".

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• The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Political, Politics, Pay

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• The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Knowing, Degrees, Different

  Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.268, Library of Alexandria

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• Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.

  Adam Smith

  Peace, Justice, Littles

  Adam Smith, comte Germain Garnier, Dugald Stewart (1835). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.96

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