#president

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. -Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918) ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#enemies #justice #partners #peace #politics

President Bartlet: There's a delegation of cardiologists having their pictures taken in the Blue Room. You wouldn't think you could find a group of people more arrogant than the fifteen of us, but there they are, right upstairs in the Blue Room. ↗

— Aaron Sorkin

#president

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. ↗

— Barack Obama

#president

Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham Lincoln would be doing if he were alive today? 1) Writing his memoirs of the Civil War. 2) Advising the President. 3) Desperately clawing at the inside of his coffin. ↗

— David Letterman

#president

Our findings with reference to organized crime was that organized crime as an entity didn't participate in the assassination of the president. However, we were unable to preclude the possibility of individual members of organized crime having participated. ↗

— Louis Stokes

#crime #entity #findings #having #however

Writing is the great invention of the world. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#us-presidents #writing #writing-life #inspirational

When I was the captain of a ship I never failed to bring my ship to port and I won't fail to bring Romania to safe harbor. The belief that the president no longer represents the people is false. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#bring #captain #fail #failed #false

The most used phrase in my administration if I were to be President would be "What the hell you mean we're out of missiles?" ↗

— Glenn Beck

#hell #i #mean #missiles #most

As a Republican, I voted with President Clinton consistently in our efforts to bail out our European friends in Kosovo to stop genocide. I am proud of those votes. I am proud of President Clinton for that. ↗

— Gordon Smith

#bail #clinton #consistently #efforts #european

We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. For maximum happiness, peace, and contentment, may we choose a positive attitude. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#attitude