Trump Quotes by John Dickerson

Every president makes the Oval Office theirs.

— John Dickerson

President-elect Trump says he's not even sure the Russians did the hacking.

— John Dickerson

The math of durability in McCain's life is extraordinary.

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We've seen, in Washington, both sides say they don't want to give up much of anything.

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That's what politics is. It's the story of what's happening, what does it mean, what's the conclusion, who are the interesting characters?

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George W. Bush said the reason the Oval Office is round is there are no corners you can hide in.

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When Barack Obama was asked about his lack of executive experience in 2008, he pointed to his successful campaign as proof he…

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Barack Obama's convention speech in 2004 had made him a political star, and he arrived in Iowa to crowds unseen in caucus history.

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The locker rooms that Donald Trump is in are not at the cut-rate gym with the broken treadmills - they are at…

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The goal of the moderator is to illuminate the views of the candidates on the issues that matter the most to voters,…

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For Hillary Clinton, Iowa was a tough state for her in 2008, and she's put a lot of effort into fixing those mistakes.

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A president cannot grow a long-term lack of trust in someone with whom they had full confidence the day before.

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After President Obama took office, his campaign book 'The Audacity of Hope' receded into his past fast. Its sweet, naive, bipartisan 'let's…

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Expectations shouldn't be lowered, even if Donald Trump was just telling stories to impress the crowd around him and never grabbed as…

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The challenge with Donald Trump is that he'll deny things he said the day before or even in the same interview. And…

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An old theory holds that air conditioning ruined Congress. Members no longer had to flee the Washington heat to spend the summer…

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In the modern presidency, the Chief Executive is expected to respond to anxious national moments with words that stabilize the country. President…

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In their day, no man worthy of the presidency would ever stoop to campaigning for it. George Washington was asked to serve.…

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I've talked to several who have been approached for short- or long-term duty in the Trump administration. The evidence of the work…

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In the end, Obama won, stealing the change message from John Edwards and beating back Hillary Clinton's focus on experience. And the…

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One of the worries about a presidency is that everybody tells you yes. Nobody helps you figure out where your blind spots…

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When the news broke that John McCain had been diagnosed with brain cancer, the outpouring of well wishes all hailed his toughness.

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The 2008 battle in Iowa for the Democratic caucus was perhaps the most titanic single nominating contest in the history of modern politics.

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Politics is not the nicest business, but there are still times when people do the right thing.

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In addition to surviving the Forrestal, McCain has survived three other plane disasters, including being shot down over enemy territory.

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One of the ways usually that you build a bipartisan agreement is one side gives up a little, and the other side…

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One of the roles of the press is to make sure that the president, in the voice of the people, is telling…

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There's kind of a Tom Harkin aspect to Bernie Sanders, even though Harkin is supporting Secretary Clinton.

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Campaigns maybe encourage us to pay attention to attributes that maybe aren't that important in the presidency.

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What is the appetite for truth in the Trump White House? That's not a question about the untrue things the president says.…

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When I interviewed John McCain in 2000 about whether he had taken medication for his anger, I remember thinking, 'Let's see how…

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A number of Donald Trump's supporters told me during the campaign they had faith that he would be a good president because…

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