White House Quotes - Page 10

• As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, America gave him the White House based on the same credentials.

  Newt Gingrich

  Names, White, America

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• I'm the number 1 target of the White House. They can't get Osama bin Laden; they're going to get me.

  Jean Carnahan

  White, Numbers, House

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• Do you remember when we picketed the White House in 1965?

  Barbara Gittings

  White, House, Remember

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• Without any coherent international blueprint the White House has bombed its way around the globe, while dropping troops far and wide for ill-defined peacemaking duties. This policy has gutted the American military which now must be rebuilt.

  Tom DeLay

  Military, White, House

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• I want to tell you how proud I am to be the President of a nation that - in which there's a lot of Philippine-Americans. They love America and they love their heritage. And I reminded the President that I am reminded of the great talent of the - of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House.

  George W. Bush

  White, America, House

  George W. Bush during a Meeting with President Arroyo of the Philippines, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 24, 2008.

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• It's time to restore honor and dignity to the White House.

  George W. Bush

  White, House, Honor

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• We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House, make no mistake about it.

  George W. Bush

  Mistake, Humor, White

  George W. Bush's Remarks at Tax Family Reunion, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. February 7, 2001.

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• When the president of the United States flicks the switch to light up the Christmas tree on the White House lawn, that house ceases to be an American symbol; it becomes a Christian symbol.

  Letty Cottin Pogrebin

  Christian, Light, White

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• Jesse has a new dog. You may have noticed that his former pets have been peculiarly unfortunate. When this dog dies every employee in the White House will be at once discharged.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Dog, White, House

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• The First Lady asked me how many people passed through the White House on tours. When I told her thousands did, she said they should sell something to the tourists and use the profits to help redecorate the White House. She decided to make a small book. It cost 42 cents and sold for a dollar. Over the years it has brought in $42 million.

  Clark Clifford

  Book, Years, White

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• It is a bizarre thought that in this [U.S. 2008] presidential cycle we could have had a woman in the White House we might have a black man in the White House but if either of them had said they were atheists neither of them would have had a hope in hell.

  Julian Barnes

  Atheist, Men, White

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• If we steal a man's purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands we are patriots. If you steal a man's money you will be sent to the penitentiary. If you steal his liberty you will be sent to the White House.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Men, Islands, White

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• The Obama administration has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any previous administration in our history. It's on a scale never seen before. This is the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever dealt with.

  Jill Abramson

  White, Numbers, House

  Interview with John Seigenthaler, america.aljazeera.com. January 21, 2014.

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• Neil and Buzz, I am talking to you by telephone from the Oval Office at the White House, and this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made. . . . Because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man's world. As you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Earth.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Moon, Men, Space

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

  Scott McClellan

  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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• What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians working for the corporate interests. They are the corporate interests. That's where Bush came from, and Cheney and Rumsfeld.

  Jim Hightower

  White, House, Politician

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. November 1, 2003.

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• The problem we have had on the budget all along is a lack of adult supervision on the part of the White House. You can't blame members of Congress for looking out for their parochial interests. It is the president's responsibility to look out for the national interest.

  Bruce Bartlett

  Responsibility, White, House

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• So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.

  Malcolm Wallop

  War, White, House

  "[Flashback interview] Retired Senator Malcolm Wallop: 'Frontier Freedom'". Interview With Rick Henderson, William “Chip” Mellor, www.ff.org. December 21, 2012.

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• The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected.

  Mitch McConnell

  Government, White, People

  "McConnell: GOP Plans To Stop 'Liberal Onslaught'". "All Things Considered" with David Welna, www.npr.org. November 4, 2010.

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• You know, when a president is about to leave office, most of the time most people are dying for him to go on and get out of there. But there are a few little rituals that have to be observed. One of them is that the president must host the incoming president in the White House, smile as if they love each other and give the American people the idea that democracy is peaceful and honourable and there will be a good transfer of power

  Nancy Gibbs

  White, Ideas, Office

  Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy (2012). “The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity”, p.502, Simon and Schuster

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• In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version of the lesson to himself. “Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

  Nancy Gibbs

  Hate, Winning, White

  Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy (2012). “The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity”, p.290, Simon and Schuster

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• Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse had signed a lease on a five-room apartment in a geometric white house on First Avenue when they received word, from a woman named Mrs. Cortez, that a four-room apartment in the Bramford had become available.

  Ira Levin

  White, House, Guy

  Ira Levin (1985). “Three by Ira Levin”, Random House (NY)

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• Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.

  Bob Goff

  White, People, House

  Bob Goff, Donald Miller (2012). “Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World”, p.80, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Most of our country's serious problems can be laid at the feet of Congress and the White House and not at capitalism.

  Walter E. Williams

  Country, White, Feet

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• I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from Washington without my express permission are the members of the Marine Corps Band. Those are the only forces I have. I want it announced that we propose to hold the White House against all odds at least for some time to come.

  John F. Kennedy

  Marine, White, Odds

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