Presidential Quotes - Page 32

• A presidential speech is always the work of many hands.

  David Frum

  Hands, Speech, Many Hands

  "The Bush Administration is Caught Half-Way Across a Bridge". Interview with Georg Mascolo, www.spiegel.de. January 23, 2007.

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• Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later

  Michael Medved

  Pain, Winning, California

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• Presidential power is the power to persuade.

  Richard Neustadt

  Presidential Power

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• I am committed to ensure that our 2008 Republican presidential candidates forthrightly address issues of importance to the African-American community.

  Ken Mehlman

  Issues, Community, African American

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• To your left is the marina where several senior cabinet officials keep luxury
  yachts for weekend cruises on the Potomac. Some of these ships are up to 100
  feet in length; the Presidential yacht is over 200 feet in length, and can
  remain submerged for up to 3 weeks.

  Garrison Keillor

  Senior, Weekend, Luxury

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• Only in psychiatry is the existence of physical disease determined by APA presidential proclamations, by committee decisions, and even, by a vote of the members of APA, not to mention the courts.

  Peter Breggin

  Decision, Disease, Determined

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• As you can imagine I'm disappointed as anything that I was not selected to be the presidential running mate. And I find it continually appalling that it would be a radical thing to have a woman on the ticket.

  Kate Clinton

  Running, Would Be, Tickets

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• But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

  Thomas E. Mann

  Appreciate, Unity, Patriotism

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• When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

  George Ayittey

  Uganda, Relief, Debt

  "African Debt". "PBS NewsHour" with Ray Suarez, www.pbs.org. June 12, 2005.

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• During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.

  Kate Smith

  America, Speech, God Bless

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• Not a day goes by that I don't click on RealClearPolitics at least once, the presidential poll charts, graphs and moving averages are great. If RCP didn't already exist, somebody would have to invent it.

  Charlie Cook

  Moving, Average, Graphs

  "About RealClearPolitics". National Journal, www.realclearpolitics.com.

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• As presidential authority expands, and the role of Congress diminishes, the American people continue to lose control over their government. Today's assertions of executive power are indeed a nightmare and Peter Shane's extremely readable and well-informed book describes this disturbing transformation in frightening detail. For anybody who cares about our constitutional system of protected liberties, this book is indispensable. I couldn't put it down and grew angrier, and more concerned, with every page.

  Mickey Edwards

  Book, Government, People

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• I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the way of entertaining that shall be the admiration and talk of all Washington world.

  Julia Gardiner Tyler

  Winter, Reign, Way

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• My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist party. It may be that on my deathbed, I will come to regret my decision, but for the moment, I live at peace with it.

  Jacques Delors

  Regret, Party, Decision

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• And if you like socialized medicine, you will love this government bureaucracy under [then-Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee] Al Gore that will actually cost seniors who get $500 a year in prescription drugs right now - it will end up costing seniors more money and take away control from those seniors.

  J. D. Hayworth

  Senior, Medicine, Government

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• You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.

  Michael Beschloss

  Hard Times, Years, Over You

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• A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues.

  Dick Cheney

  Years, Issues, Defense

  Dick Cheney at Vice President Debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cnn.com. October 7, 2004.

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• The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.

  Ada Louise Huxtable

  Memorial, Age, Library

  "An Appraisal" by Ada Louise Huxtable, www.nytimes.com. May 23, 1971.

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• You have to exercise, or at some point you'll just break down.

  Barack Obama

  Exercise, Healthy, Breaking Down

  "Work Like Obama: Management Secrets From The World’s Toughest Job" by Ryan Coonerty, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 20, 2017.

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• Because liberalism typically doesn't sell in American presidential politics, liberal candidates tend to run as culturally conservative centrists.

  Rich Lowry

  Running, Conservative, American President

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• ... what's in a person's heart and soul will not likely be changed by the ability to command a helicopter to land on the South Lawn.

  Robert Dallek

  Character, Heart, Land

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• The stronger Hillary is, the weaker she is. The more she seems like a likely presidential winner, the more difficult the senate race becomes in New York. It's perfect.

  Dick Morris

  New York, Race, Perfect

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• I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman, whose experience as a failed vice presidential candidate, half-term governor and eight-episode reality star has fully prepared her to take control of our nuclear arsenal.

  Stephen Colbert

  Stars, Believe, Reality

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• Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is gone, and it must wait till its instant of despotism again returns.

  Walter Bagehot

  Government, Waiting, Gone

  Walter Bagehot (1930). “The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays”, p.44, Lulu.com

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• It is disingenuous to imply that my father was a Republican. He never endorsed any presidential candidate, and there is certainly no evidence that he ever even voted for a Republican. It is even more outrageous to suggest that he would support the Republican Party of today, which has spent so much time and effort trying to suppress African American votes in Florida and many other states.

  Martin Luther King III

  Father, Party, Florida

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