White House Quotes - Page 24

• There was an embarrassing moment in the White House earlier today. They were looking around while searching for George Bush's military records. They actually found some old Al Gore ballots.

  David Letterman

  Military, White, House

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• The big story now is that President Bush is coming under attack for his service in the National Guard. The White House said, 'no no,' that they have payroll records to show that he served in the National Guard. But today, the commanding officers can't remember seeing Bush between May and October of '72. President Bush said, 'Remember me? I'm the drunk guy. Remember me?'

  Jay Leno

  White, Drunk, House

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• We live amid falling taboos. In our crowded little hour of history we have seen how the prejudice of religion no longer can bar the way to the White House. Some of you may live to see the day when the prejudice of sex no longer places the Presidency beyond the reach of a greatly gifted American lady. Long before them, I hope you will see a woman member of the Supreme Court of the United States. In Congress and in our State Legislatures we need more women to bring their sensitive experience to the shaping of our decisions.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Sex, Women, Fall

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• First Family on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House.

  Yara

  White, House, President

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• The White House is the leakiest place I've ever been in. (On special measures to ensure secrecy of plans to bomb Libya)

  Ronald Reagan

  White, House, Special

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• The White House is defending President Obama's sports activities over the past week, saying that everyone needs leisure time. Thanks to these economic policies, 9.5 percent of Americans have all the leisure time they need.

  Jay Leno

  Sports, Past, White

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• That Republicans now control the Senate means, of course, that they control the confirmation process. Their majority enables them to stop an unacceptable nomination at various points: They can deny the nominee a committee hearing; they can vote the person down in committee; they can refuse to schedule a vote on a nomination sent to the floor; and the full Senate can vote to reject the nomination. The Republicans' majority status also strengthens their negotiating position with the White House, making it more likely that a mutually acceptable candidate will be chosen for a given seat.

  Terry Eastland

  Mean, White, House

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• How often the Presidency has simply meant that a man shall be abused, distrusted, and worked to death while he is filling the great office, and that he should drop into unmerited oblivion when he has left the White House.

  M. E. W. Sherwood

  Men, White, Office

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• Hillary Clinton's a highly intelligent woman, hard-working, she's dedicated her life to public service, but unfortunately, she does not have a track record of accomplishment or transparency. ... She's not the woman for the White House.

  Carly Fiorina

  Life, Hard Work, Intelligent

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• The President and first lady did hold a private party at the White House over the weekend, but given the private nature of that event, I don't have a lot of details to discuss from here.

  Josh Earnest

  Nature, Party, Weekend

  "The Obamas had a secret party at the White House with Prince, Stevie Wonder" by Kristen Holmes, www.cnn.com. June 15, 2015.

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• White House is ranting up its rhetoric for Republicans, using wild words to attack them over the budget standoff.

  Andrea Tantaros

  White, House, Republican

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I happened upon a memoir by a midlevel White House staffer, and he had been in the room that [Nixon's last] night [in office]. This guy's memoir told me what Nixon's last words were. And they were, on August 8, 1974, to the crew: "Have a Merry Christmas, fellas!" That was just so bizarre.

  Harry Shearer

  Merry Christmas, Night, White

  "How Harry Shearer Discovered the Soul of Richard Nixon". Interview with David Corn, www.motherjones.com. October 17, 2014.

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• When I was growing up, we learned our history almost as lives of the saints. And it came as a shock, "Oh, Jefferson had slaves?" It always comes as a shock to us that elevation to the White House didn't somehow cleanse them of all their deep character flaws.

  Harry Shearer

  Growing Up, Character, White

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• If you ask me, I'd like to become the first female president. That would be really cool. The first thing I would do is redecorate the White House, it doesn't look very cozy.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Funny, Humor, White

  "Jennifer Lopez wants to be American president". www.abc.net.au. May 3, 2005.

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• Chances are, the aliens will not want to land on our backyard, or even the White House lawn, with their flying saucers. They may have tiny, robotic self-replicating probes which can reach near light speed and can proliferate around the galaxy. So instead of the Enterprise and huge star ships, the aliens might actually send tiny probes to explore the universe. One might land on our lawn and we won't even know.

  Michio Kaku

  Stars, Light, Self

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. March 7, 2014.

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• I'm angry that George Bush got to be in the White House, and I'm angry that [Al] Gore wasn't able to be a better candidate after eight years of a great economy and being an incumbent.

  Eddie Vedder

  Eight, Years, White

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I have just realized that it is due to you, and to Mr. James Thomas and his staff of the Army Navy Country Club that the putting green here on the White House lawn is already in such excellent condition. I assure you that I get a great deal of pleasure and relaxation out of using the green in an occasional late afternoon hour . . .

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Sports, Country, Army

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• You as the press secretary have to protect the president's interests and the White House's interests more broadly. And a lot of people inside the White House, as you learned, sometimes with painful experience, have competing agendas, have differing points of view, have priorities they're trying to protect.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Views, Painful Experiences, White

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Every press secretary faces an enormous amount of information. Events move really fast. You're responsible for a tremendous amount of information, and again, a tremendous amount on competing agendas. Not everybody grease in the White House.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Moving, White, House

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• On George W Bush: That man sits at that desk in the White House with the button that can end the world. My father's younger than him and we don't give him the controls for the television.

  Billy Connolly

  Funny, Father, Humor

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• It has become increasingly clear to me that the White House is not interested in good-faith negotiations.

  Richard Shelby

  White, House, Negotiation

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I really don't think there's a world in which you can do anything with anybody. Because we're in the world of the White House, I think there are certain things you can do, and larger things that can happen, but I don't think you can do anything.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Thinking, White, House

  Source: www.hitfix.com

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• I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.

  John Adams

  Wise, Honesty, Blessing

  John Adams (1841). “Letters of John Adams: Addressed to His Wife”, p.267

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• If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed.

  James Buchanan

  Men, White, House

  James Buchanan, United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) (1968). “James Buchanan, 1791-1868: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• I had earlier concluded that a war with Iraq would be a distraction from the successful and expeditious completion of our aims in Afghanistan. Now I had come to question whether the White House was telling the truth.

  Bob Graham

  War, Successful, Iraq

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