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President Quotes - Page 33

I will always be a partner with the president of the United States.

I will always be a partner with the president of the United States.

"Kaine = Obama? In Va., a risky bet" by David Catanese, www.politico.com. July 1, 2012.

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1853). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont”, p.399

We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth.

Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.83, Humanix Books

I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed.

Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

Typically, you get a year in prison for making a threat to assassinate the president.

"Megyn Kelly reacts to Sandra Fluke". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. March 8, 2012.

Now look! That damned cowboy is president of the United States!

Quoted in Hermann H. Kohlsaat, From McKinley to Harding (1923)

The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.

1950 'Declaration of Conscience' address to the Senate,1 Jun, denouncing accusations by Senator Joseph R McCarthy.

He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He outfaced Stanton, captivated the President, and even compelled acquiescence or silence from that dread source of paralyzing power, the Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War.

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1998). “The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based Upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps”, p.29, U of Nebraska Press

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

"Remarks upon signing the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Bill". October 24, 1963.

War is the trade of kings.

'King Arthur' (1691) act 2, sc. 2