--- title: "2 Gene Healy Quotes - Famous Journalist" description: "American journalist... | Gene Healy is an American libertarian political pundit, journalist, and editor. He serves as senior vice president for policy a..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c84/gene-healy-92946_non-fiction_americans-expect-the-president-to-right_76851.jpg" --- # Gene Healy (1970) Journalist **2** quotes in **14** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Gene Healy is a journalist. ## Quick Facts About Gene Healy Born November 16, 1970 Profession Journalist ## About Gene Healy American journalist... \| Gene Healy is an American libertarian political pundit, journalist, and editor. He serves as senior vice president for policy at the Cato Institute and is a contributing editor to Liberty magazine. ## Quotes by Gene Healy > [“Americans expect the president to right the wrongs that plague us—and we blame him when he fails. Because we invest impossible expectations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-healy/americans-expect-the-president-to-right-the-wrongs-that-plague-us-and/) Gene Healy [Non fiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/non-fiction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c84/gene-healy-92946_non-fiction_americans-expect-the-president-to-right_76851.jpg) > [“It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of legislative authority," the Federalist tell us. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-healy/it-is-of-the-nature-of-war-to-increase-the-executive-at-the-expense-2/) Gene Healy [American history](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-history/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/gene-healy-92946_american-history_it-is-of-the-nature-of-war-to-increase-t_1425561.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-healy/#itemlist", "name": "Gene Healy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Americans expect the president to right the wrongs that plague us—and we blame him when he fails. Because we invest impossible expectations in the presidency, the presidency has become an impossible job. 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