#residents

In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#assassinate #brief #character #death #election

And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending "don't ask, don't tell," making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples. ↗

— Barack Obama

#been #benefits #couples #done #each

The presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics. ↗

— William Odom

#i #politics #presidents #served #under

When I am speaking about American presidents, I have to speak about my very special relations with President Clinton. He contributed more to peace than anybody else in the American sense. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#am #american #anybody #clinton #contributed

Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is, in my view, as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#being #important #out #place #politics

I would say to my colleague that the misery index, inflation and unemployment, when added together is the lowest it has been in the last series of Presidents, even going back to Jimmy Carter. So I think the Bush administration is doing a good job. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

#administration #back #been #bush #bush administration

Nowadays even presidents, vice-presidents, and heads of big agencies are opening their minds to accept psychic phenomena, because they know it works. ↗

— Uri Geller

#agencies #because #big #even #heads

When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie. ↗

— Robert Higgs

#foreign #lie #prepare #presidents #wars

As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing. ↗

— Golda Meir

#anything #doing #done #many #nixon

I think George Bush is one of the most duplicitous presidents we've ever had. ↗

— Jean O'Leary

#ever #george #george bush #had #i