--- title: "25 Hamilton Jordan Quotes - Famous Politician (No such thing as a bad day)" description: "William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan was an American politician who served as Chief of Staff to President of the United States Jimmy Carter." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b091/author-hamilton-jordan-23690.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b091/author-hamilton-jordan-23690.jpg) # Hamilton Jordan (1944–2008) Politician United States **25** quotes in **320** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Hamilton Jordan was a politician from the United States, best known for *No such thing as a bad day*. ## Quick Facts About Hamilton Jordan Born September 21, 1944 Died May 20, 2008 Nationality United States Profession Politician Notable works No such thing as a bad day ## About Hamilton Jordan William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan was an American politician who served as Chief of Staff to President of the United States Jimmy Carter. ## Quotes by Hamilton Jordan > [I like Kahlua and ice cream as a dessert.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/i-like-kahlua-and-ice-cream-as-a-dessert/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Cream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cream/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/hamilton-jordan-23690_cream_i-like-kahlua-and-ice-cream-as-a-dessert_2549947.png) > [And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/and-a-tiny-number-of-people-in-a-few-states-make-these-decisions-and/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/hamilton-jordan-23690_american_and-a-tiny-number-of-people-in-a-few-sta_1934443.png) > [The difference today is that, in both parties, the very extreme elements control the nomination process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/the-difference-today-is-that-in-both-parties-the-very-extreme/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Both](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/both/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/hamilton-jordan-23690_both_the-difference-today-is-that-in-both-par_1826080.png) > [I know a lot of people that had one cancer that are not alive today. I've had three. So my glass is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/i-know-a-lot-of-people-that-had-one-cancer-that-are-not-alive-today-i/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/hamilton-jordan-23690_alive_i-know-a-lot-of-people-that-had-one-canc_1255544.png) > [I didn't work for Jimmy Carter all those years to go to cocktail parties. I was there as a political adviser, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/i-didn-t-work-for-jimmy-carter-all-those-years-to-go-to-cocktail/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Adviser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adviser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/hamilton-jordan-23690_adviser_i-didn-t-work-for-jimmy-carter-all-those_1889644.jpg) > [We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/we-have-the-american-people-properly-concerned-about-the-future-of/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a76/hamilton-jordan-23690_about_we-have-the-american-people-properly-con_2128599.png) > [If, after the election, you find a Cy Vance as Secretary of State and a Zbigniew Brzezinski as head of National Security,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/if-after-the-election-you-find-a-cy-vance-as-secretary-of-state-and-a/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [American politics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-politics/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/hamilton-jordan-23690_american-politics_if-after-the-election-you-find-a-cy-vanc_693314.png) > [The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/the-battle-in-american-politics-used-to-be-for-the-middle-now-it-s/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/hamilton-jordan-23690_about_the-battle-in-american-politics-used-to_3200943.png) > [My role in the White House was grossly exaggerated by the press. Fortunately for the American people, when the president had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/my-role-in-the-white-house-was-grossly-exaggerated-by-the-press/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f21/hamilton-jordan-23690_american_my-role-in-the-white-house-was-grossly-e_1775259.png) > [You mentioned Ross Perot. Mr. Perot jumped into the race at the last minute, had one issue that he ran on, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/you-mentioned-ross-perot-mr-perot-jumped-into-the-race-at-the-last/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Budget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/budget/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/hamilton-jordan-23690_budget_you-mentioned-ross-perot-mr-perot-jumped_1905480.png) > [I've never been a Clinton fan. He's had some accomplishments, and he's very skilled at politics, but, you know, he's had some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/i-ve-never-been-a-clinton-fan-he-s-had-some-accomplishments-and-he-s/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Accomplishments](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplishments/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc7/hamilton-jordan-23690_accomplishments_i-ve-never-been-a-clinton-fan-he-s-had-s_1779138.jpg) > [To say that Jimmy Carter does not understand politics or is not a good politician denies the phenomenon by which he got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/to-say-that-jimmy-carter-does-not-understand-politics-or-is-not-a/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Anybody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anybody/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/hamilton-jordan-23690_anybody_to-say-that-jimmy-carter-does-not-unders_1837384.jpg) > [I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between people that were exposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/i-was-in-vietnam-and-i-was-exposed-to-agent-orange-and-there-s-a-high/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Agent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/hamilton-jordan-23690_agent_i-was-in-vietnam-and-i-was-exposed-to-ag_15946.png) > [If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/if-you-had-found-the-right-candidate-in-2000-or-2004-and-you-could/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Access](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/access/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/hamilton-jordan-23690_access_if-you-had-found-the-right-candidate-in_312872.png) > [We're trying to build a platform utilizing the Internet that allows the good American people to speak out about their frustration about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/we-re-trying-to-build-a-platform-utilizing-the-internet-that-allows/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/hamilton-jordan-23690_about_we-re-trying-to-build-a-platform-utilizi_769194.png) > [I haven't changed. I'm the same slob I was during the campaign. I don't take myself seriously, but I think my work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/i-haven-t-changed-i-m-the-same-slob-i-was-during-the-campaign-i-don-t/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Around](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/hamilton-jordan-23690_around_i-haven-t-changed-i-m-the-same-slob-i-wa_2028922.png) > [It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. I suppose a combination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/it-s-hard-to-look-inside-a-person-to-answer-a-question-about-why/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/hamilton-jordan-23690_about_it-s-hard-to-look-inside-a-person-to-ans_3184124.jpg) > [Sometimes at night, when I leave and ride by the front of the White House and the lights are on, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/sometimes-at-night-when-i-leave-and-ride-by-the-front-of-the-white/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/hamilton-jordan-23690_beautiful_sometimes-at-night-when-i-leave-and-ride_2063749.png) > [I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/i-went-to-my-son-s-graduation-this-weekend-and-i-heard-a-great-quote/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Albert einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/hamilton-jordan-23690_albert-einstein_i-went-to-my-son-s-graduation-this-weeke_1955853.jpg) > [I think the system is broken; most people think that it's broken. And we think that what we're going to do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/i-think-the-system-is-broken-most-people-think-that-it-s-broken-and/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Allow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/hamilton-jordan-23690_allow_i-think-the-system-is-broken-most-people_234386.png) > [When you have a diagnosis of cancer, or any serious illness, your choices are basically to be passive and kind of accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/when-you-have-a-diagnosis-of-cancer-or-any-serious-illness-your/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cd/hamilton-jordan-23690_about_when-you-have-a-diagnosis-of-cancer-or-a_131883.png) > [If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/if-you-think-the-system-not-you-but-if-your-viewers-think-that-the/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Attractive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attractive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/hamilton-jordan-23690_attractive_if-you-think-the-system-not-you-but-if-y_2531765.png) > [And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/and-when-you-start-talking-about-the-practicality-of-winning-a-race/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/hamilton-jordan-23690_about_and-when-you-start-talking-about-the-pra_2906074.png) > [I used to worry about what would happen five or 10 years from now, but I don't anymore. I thought about going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/i-used-to-worry-about-what-would-happen-five-or-10-years-from-now-but/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/hamilton-jordan-23690_about_i-used-to-worry-about-what-would-happen_3223512.png) > [If your doctor tells you you have a rare disease that he or she has never seen, if you've got an incurable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/if-your-doctor-tells-you-you-have-a-rare-disease-that-he-or-she-has/) [Hamilton Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/) [Accept](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accept/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/hamilton-jordan-23690_accept_if-your-doctor-tells-you-you-have-a-rare_1982194.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-jordan/#itemlist", "name": "Hamilton Jordan Quotes", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like Kahlua and ice cream as a dessert.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hamilton Jordan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/i-like-kahlua-and-ice-cream-as-a-dessert/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/hamilton-jordan-23690_cream_i-like-kahlua-and-ice-cream-as-a-dessert_2549947.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/hamilton-jordan-23690_cream_i-like-kahlua-and-ice-cream-as-a-dessert_2549947.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/hamilton-jordan-23690_cream_i-like-kahlua-and-ice-cream-as-a-dessert_2549947.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like Kahlua and ice cream as a dessert.” — Hamilton Jordan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly not attractive to the American people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hamilton Jordan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/and-a-tiny-number-of-people-in-a-few-states-make-these-decisions-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/hamilton-jordan-23690_american_and-a-tiny-number-of-people-in-a-few-sta_1934443.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/hamilton-jordan-23690_american_and-a-tiny-number-of-people-in-a-few-sta_1934443.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/hamilton-jordan-23690_american_and-a-tiny-number-of-people-in-a-few-sta_1934443.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are…” — Hamilton Jordan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The difference today is that, in both parties, the very extreme elements control the nomination process.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hamilton Jordan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-jordan/the-difference-today-is-that-in-both-parties-the-very-extreme/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/hamilton-jordan-23690_both_the-difference-today-is-that-in-both-par_1826080.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/hamilton-jordan-23690_both_the-difference-today-is-that-in-both-par_1826080.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/hamilton-jordan-23690_both_the-difference-today-is-that-in-both-par_1826080.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The difference today is that, in both parties, the very extreme elements control the nomination process.” — Hamilton Jordan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know a lot of people that had one cancer that are not alive today. 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