#dent

I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate. ↗

— Helen Thomas

#could #covered #credibility #decided #govern

The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does. ↗

— Helen Thomas

#cheney #country #day #dick cheney #does

This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history. ↗

— Helen Thomas

#american history #bush #ever #george #george w

We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed. ↗

— Helen Thomas

#american #american people #believe #democracy #endure

Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a corporate officer, he took out several loans from the company. ↗

— Bennie Thompson

#cited #company #corporate #corporations #enough

You know as a scientist that both were developed completely independently of each other in the laboratories. And only afterward were the political situations contrived out of which they could be justified. ↗

— E. P. Thompson

#completely #contrived #could #developed #each

Now the truth is, a president really can't control the economy, although his policies do have some effect on it. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#control #economy #effect #his #now

They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's going to save them. ↗

— Ed Asner

#along #bush #comes #credit #enough

Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big. ↗

— Jenna Bush

#big #dream #encouraged #independent #our

Who of us is able to read and understand and be entirely confident of the validity of his title to the land he lives on, and which he has redeemed from a state of nature by the most indefatigable industry and perseverance? ↗

— William H. Wharton

#confident #entirely #his #indefatigable #industry