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President Quotes
"The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation, making remarks on the several parts as he went on, and showing that he had fully considered the whole subject, in all lights under which it had been presented to him."
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"Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue."
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"Mr. President, I believe your real problem is that you have somehow been unable to realize that you have won, not only won, but been re-elected by a tremendous margin."
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"As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine."
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"Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska."
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"I'm always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the President's plan have not been invited to the discussion."
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"It's been years, decades, since a president has lost a major trade initiative. That would be bad headlines."
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"What the president announced yesterday, is that somehow magically, if we just continue to prime the pump of taxpayer dollars, we're going to see magically an economic recovery."
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"I would never say President Obama doesn't have the capacity to continue to serve because of his statement that there are 56 states."
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"Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions."
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"I would say that President Roosevelt probably was more intimately in touch with the press corps at the White House than President Truman was."
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"I'm glad Reagan is president. Of course, I'm a professional comedian."
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"George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate."
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"This is said to us, even as this counterfeit president has legalized the Confederate Flag in Mississippi."
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"He has to do the heavy lifting and the windows and the wash, and also protect the president."
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"It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team."
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"The president's budget proposals have neglected water infrastructure."
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"I'm a huge Obama fan. I think it's such an unbelievably great thing to have a President who's competent and not insane."
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"We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this date, abolished."
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"If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly."
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"Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain."
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"I believe we will elect a new President in 2012."
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"There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President."
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"I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers."
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"I oppose the president's plan to privatize Social Security."
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"Well, I decided earlier this year that I would run for president, and obviously I needed something to run on."
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"I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me."
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"The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound... These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the president."
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"Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."
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"Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?"
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"A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right."
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"The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive."
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"This President is going to lead us out of this recovery."
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"One of your tasks is to separate the "personal" from the "substantive." The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong."
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"When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views."
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