President Quotes - Page 34

• When President Mbeki said, if you get AIDS, you can have a shower and it goes away. It's like, oh, come on. Or it's caused by poverty. We faced those kind of issues. But now, with the new regime, they have really woken up, paid attention. And when South Africa speaks, then the whole of Africa will listen. And I have got great hopes for that.

  Elton John

  Issues, Attention, Poverty

  "Elton John on AIDS: Compassion is Part of the Cure". Interview with Gwen Ifill, www.pbs.org. July 24, 2012.

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• When you're the commander in chief, you're the commander in chief on day one. You don't get like a six-month grace period. The world doesn't just stop and say, well, let's wait until the president catches up before we start challenging America.

  Marco Rubio

  America, Waiting, Grace

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• You have got to know what you're doing on your very first day there. So, look, this is not an attack or anything of that nature. It's just a very simple observation. If you want to be president, you have to start detailing some specific public policy. And I don't think from this point forward in the campaign, voters are going to be as tolerant of the lack of that as they have been up to now.

  Marco Rubio

  Simple, Thinking, Campaigns

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• While I think it's very important that Marco Rubio and Senator [Ted] Cruz have contributed as senators... there's no doubt in my mind that being a governor is far, far better preparation for the ultimate responsibility as president of the United States.

  Tom Ridge

  Responsibility, Thinking, Doubt

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• When you are brought up in a zoo, you know what's going on in the monkey house. You see a couple of monkeys loose and one is President and one is Vice President, you know it's trouble. Monkeys make trouble.

  Gore Vidal

  Zoos, Couple, House

  "Gore Vidal on the Media and the American People". Interview with David Barsamian, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. August 1, 2012.

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• We're going to come up with a great healthcare plan, whether it's healthcare savings accounts, we have a lot of different things. We're going to get rid of the lines between states, we're going to have great competitive bidding. But I say all the time, you can call it anything you want. People are not going to die in the middle of the street. People are not going to die on the sidewalk if I'm president, okay?

  Donald Trump

  People, Different, Bidding

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 21, 2016.

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• If I'm president, we're not going to have people dying on the streets. I don't call it a mandate, I just say it's common sense.

  Donald Trump

  People, Common Sense, Dying

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I've never heard anybody [of president's candidates] talk about the poorly educated.

  Chris Matthews

  Educated, Heard, Candidates

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Listen, Mr. President, there's a no-fly zone in Syria. You fly in, it applies to you. And, yes, we would shoot down the planes of Russian pilots if, in fact, they were stupid enough to think that this president was the same feckless weakling that the president we have in the oval office is right now.

  Chris Christie

  Stupid, Thinking, Office

  Source: www.npr.org

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• It's not going to do anything. And it really is disappointing because the president has an opportunity here to work with organizations like the NRA, who have actually done a lot of significant work when it comes to actually keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. Hillary Clinton can attack the NRA all she wants, the fact is that the NRA has a higher approval rating than Hillary Clinton does when it comes to trustworthiness, that's for sure.

  Katie Pavlich

  Gun, Opportunity, Approval Rating

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• The bottom line is if the president [Barack Obama] really wants to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, maybe his Justice Department should stop releasing felons, many of which are illegal immigrants, only to the streets of America.

  Katie Pavlich

  Gun, Hands, America

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Donald Trump is great at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate and he'd be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe.

  Renee Montagne

  Country, Needs, Safe

  "Breaking down the GOP presidential debate" by Adam C. Smith, Alex Leary, www.tampabay.com. December 16, 2015.

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• What we need in Washington now is a strong Republican president who knows how to govern.

  Chris Christie

  Strong, Needs, Republican

  "Christie explains changed stance on gun laws; Trump Jr. talks father's candidacy; Fiorina scolds Clinton". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. January 6, 2016.

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• Here's a guy [Marco Rubio] - here's a guy that buys a house for $179,000, he sells it to a lobbyist who's probably here for $380,000 and then legislation is passed. You tell me about this guy. This is what we're going to have as president.

  Donald Trump

  House, Guy, Lobbyists

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Closing the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is a promise President [Barack] Obama made it but has yet to fulfill.

  Audie Cornish

  Promise, Cuba, Prison

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Now if you can recognize and memorize a grandmaster's game, and you have the respect to understand [Zimbabwean president Robert] Mugabe who has survived past anyone's expectations, and make the simple assumption it wasn't an accident, and you understand why he did what he did, now you're ready to predict ... The key to forecasting is to understand both the constraints nations are under and the manner in which the struggle for power shapes leaders.

  George Friedman

  Struggle, Simple, Past

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I will tell you, as president, I'm not going to be neutral. America will stand unapologetically with Israel.

  Ted Cruz

  Israel, America

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. February 28, 2016.

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• I do not think anyone who ever saw Lyndon Johnson give a speech would call him charismatic, even though he was one of the most effective presidents in U.S. history. Same with Lincoln. Charisma is only one source of power, and probably not a very important one, at that.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Thinking, Giving, Important

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• In 1985, a group of mujahedeen came to Washington and was greeted by President Reagan, who called them "freedom fighters." These people, by the way, don't represent Islam in any formal sense. They're not imams or sheiks. They are self-appointed warriors for Islam.

  Edward Said

  Warrior, Self, People

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• I think he [Donald Trump] is generally a good person, but you know what? He had no business being president of the United States. If I thought he did, I wouldn`t be running. I`d be helping him.

  Chris Christie

  Running, Thinking, United States

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security. I had to say something. Kelly's nomination would go against who President Obama is.

  Adepero Oduye

  Nominations, Assuming, Should

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• Well, Lula has an incredible amount of sway still. He's someone who came up from very humble origins, so his life trajectory is something that many people in Brazil still identify with. So within the governing Workers' Party, he has a lot of power. He has power to name ministers, some people say. And he's very close with the current president as well. She's his handpicked successor.

  Simon Romero

  Party, Humble, Names

  "Brazil's Former President Questioned In Corruption Investigation". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. March 4, 2016.

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• What I can tell you is I'm not running for president. I'm not going to run for president. I'm going to support one of these four people to be our nominee. I'm supporting three of them right now. And that means that we're going to get one of those people as our nominee.

  Mitt Romney

  Running, Mean, People

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• In terms of my own plans, I anticipate supporting one of the three, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio or John Kasich as our nominee. If they don't become the nominee, then I'm probably going to go to the voting booth and find someone else who's running as a conservative or perhaps just write in the name of someone I believe should become the president of the United States, who I could be proud of and who I believe is interested in balancing the budget, keeping America safe with a strong military, and is not willing to disparage fellow Americans, Mexican-Americans, Muslims, and so forth.

  Mitt Romney

  Running, Strong, Military

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I think we can all agree this is a very important election [2016]. We don't want to see Hillary Clinton become the president of the United States.

  Mitt Romney

  Thinking, Important, Want

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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