- Condoleezza
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Quotes
On the weight and unpredictability of holding the top job.
This small set of quotes reflects on what it means to hold a president's role—from a network president's admission that the job humbled early confidence, to broader thoughts on leading an American organization or country.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American political system is based on the president taking the initiative and Congress responding. With President Trump, it's been the opposite.
- Early Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the early days of the republic, the secretary of state was the heir apparent to the president. Presidents could easily hand-pick their party's next candidate. The party caucuses formally selected the candidates, but presidents guided the process.
- Initiative
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been years, decades, since a president has lost a major trade initiative. That would be bad headlines.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't view myself as attacking the boss. I viewed my boss at ESPN as the publisher and president of ESPN.
- Desert
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- Nov 07, 2020
President George H. W. Bush soon launched Operation Desert Shield, sending an enormous contingent of troops to Saudi Arabia. But once there, what exactly were they to do? Contain Iraq? Attack and liberate Kuwait? Drive on to Baghdad and depose Saddam? There was no clear consensus among foreign policy advisers or analysts.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Normally, I stay away from politics - unless I'm going to run for president.
- Nov 07, 2020
President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.
- Nov 07, 2020
The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
- Joke
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- Nov 07, 2020
I joke that being a university president is akin to being a pinata. But there are also notions of redemption.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020