#presidential

If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't "sail" anyway. Send it back for further thought. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#american people #anyway #approach #back #been

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#decisions #execution #fact #his #in fact

Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#automatically #considered #directives #disagree #hasn

Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#cost #effective #leadership #look #low

In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. You can't hide what kind of President you'll be. You can't keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can't keep running away from debate, masking the challenges. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#away #campaign #challenges #committing #debate

During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#christian #christian right #christians #during #fond

In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history. ↗

— Mark Shields

#bush #campaigns #citizens #contributions #election

Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken. ↗

— Nate Silver

#election #every #four #new #precedent

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

#before #bless #committee #democratic #during

A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job of a libertarian presidential candidate to cook up new ways to commit theft. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#anyway #candidate #commit #cook #going