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His Quotes by Ron Fournier
- At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to build and maintain…
- A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.
- Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist.
- At his best, Obama promised to work with Republicans to reduce the deficit in a way that honors both individualism and community.
- Most Tea Party activists consider Obama a big-spending liberal. Some even question his eligibility to be president.
- Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job.
- Perhaps we should wait until his second term begins before carving Barack Obama's face in Mount Rushmore. Is that asking too much?
- The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics.
- AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps.…
- Barack Obama won a second term but no mandate. Thanks in part to his own small-bore and brutish campaign, victory guarantees the president nothing more…
- By nominating Chuck Hagel to be his Defense secretary, President Obama is putting forward an aloof contrarian who doesn't suffer fools - a striving politician…
- Obama does not need to worry as much as past Democratic presidents about being labeled soft on national security - not after giving the order…
- Obama is capable - as evidenced by his first-term success with health care reform. But mandate-building requires humility, a trait not easily associated with him.
- Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability to…
- One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend…
- President George W. Bush won reelection in 2004 largely because he was seen as comfortable in his own skin, while rival John Kerry was viewed…
- President Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged individualists pulling ourselves up by…
- Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on…
- Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. over his right shoulder and a…
- This is Romney's biggest political weakness. His policy flip-flops and the general sense that he's not comfortable in his own skin leads voters, including many…
- Obama won the presidency on the strength of his message and the skills of the messenger. Now the talk of hope and change feels out…
- Obama will learn from his mistakes.
- A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than…
- In the time it takes to heat a TV dinner, Clinton had convinced me that he was the smartest person in the room and that…
- Barack Obama may have found the answer to his biggest rhetorical challenge: When millions of voters are unemployed or underemployed, how does a president simultaneously…
More His Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the… — Neil Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold