John F. Kerry speaks:
"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the
country." - John
F. Kerry
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." - John F.
Kerry
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" Make no mistake: I will continue to fight for our country. " --Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., after withdrawing from the GOP presidential race after placing sixth in the Iowa Caucuses.
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"Ronald Reagan got 29 percent of the votes here and ultimately he was able to become our nominee."--GOP presidential candidate and former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., referring to the 1980 campaign that put Republicans in the White House. Romney brushed aside suggestions Wednesday that his share of the vote in Iowa, less than 25 percent, was a sign of weakness.
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"Taking two positions on every issue ... doesn't make you a centrist, it makes you a charlatan…It makes you unreliable."--President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign strategist David Axelrod, in an email sent to supporters about Romney ahead of the Iowa Caucuses.
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"With the voters' decision tonight in Iowa, I decided to return to Texas, assess the results of tonight's caucus, and determine whether there is a path forward for myself in this race." --GOP presidential candidate and Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, after he finished a distant fifth in the Iowa caucuses. Perry later tweeted to his followers he would continue the race and campaign in South Carolina.
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"When Congress refuses to act, and as a result hurts our economy and puts people at risk, I have an obligation as president to do what I can without them."--Obama, who bypassed the Senate Wednesday and installed Richard Cordray as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The recess appointment immediately irked GOP leaders.
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"Although the Senate is not in recess, President Obama, in an unprecedented move, has arrogantly circumvented the American people by ‘recess' appointing Richard Cordray as director of the new CFPB."--Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in an official statement about Cordray’s appointment to the agency.
"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the
country." - John
F. Kerry
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." - John F.
Kerry
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" Make no mistake: I will continue to fight for our country. " --Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., after withdrawing from the GOP presidential race after placing sixth in the Iowa Caucuses.
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"Ronald Reagan got 29 percent of the votes here and ultimately he was able to become our nominee."--GOP presidential candidate and former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., referring to the 1980 campaign that put Republicans in the White House. Romney brushed aside suggestions Wednesday that his share of the vote in Iowa, less than 25 percent, was a sign of weakness.
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"Taking two positions on every issue ... doesn't make you a centrist, it makes you a charlatan…It makes you unreliable."--President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign strategist David Axelrod, in an email sent to supporters about Romney ahead of the Iowa Caucuses.
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"With the voters' decision tonight in Iowa, I decided to return to Texas, assess the results of tonight's caucus, and determine whether there is a path forward for myself in this race." --GOP presidential candidate and Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, after he finished a distant fifth in the Iowa caucuses. Perry later tweeted to his followers he would continue the race and campaign in South Carolina.
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"When Congress refuses to act, and as a result hurts our economy and puts people at risk, I have an obligation as president to do what I can without them."--Obama, who bypassed the Senate Wednesday and installed Richard Cordray as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The recess appointment immediately irked GOP leaders.
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"Although the Senate is not in recess, President Obama, in an unprecedented move, has arrogantly circumvented the American people by ‘recess' appointing Richard Cordray as director of the new CFPB."--Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in an official statement about Cordray’s appointment to the agency.
''When the President does it, that means it's not illegal.''
—Richard Nixon, in a 1977 interview with David Frost
''Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.''
—President John Kennedy
''I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy: 'Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.''' —President John Kennedy
''I think it is fair to say that when it comes to my presidency, the honeymoon is over. For example, some people now suggest that I'm too professorial. And I'd like to address that head-on, by assigning all of you some reading that will help you draw your own conclusions. Others say that I'm arrogant. But I've found a really great self-help tool for this: my poll numbers.''—President Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner
''I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody.''—Barack Obama, defending his tax plan to Joe the Plumber, who argued that Obama's policy hurts small-business owners like himself, Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2008
''It may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: 'Sit down and shut up,' but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out.'' —Sarah Palin, quitting her job as governor, adding, ''Only dead fish go with the flow,'' July 3, 2009
''I think it is fair to say that when it comes to my presidency, the honeymoon is over. For example, some people now suggest that I'm too professorial. And I'd like to address that head-on, by assigning all of you some reading that will help you draw your own conclusions. Others say that I'm arrogant. But I've found a really great self-help tool for this: my poll numbers.''—President Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner
''I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody.''—Barack Obama, defending his tax plan to Joe the Plumber, who argued that Obama's policy hurts small-business owners like himself, Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2008
''It may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: 'Sit down and shut up,' but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out.'' —Sarah Palin, quitting her job as governor, adding, ''Only dead fish go with the flow,'' July 3, 2009