Administration Quote by Daniel Fried Download Open image “[Donald Trump administration] didn't ask me to stay and 40 years seemed like enough.” — Daniel Fried ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Administration Ask me Asks Enough Management Trump Years
I made the difficult decision to retire because a campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation by President Trump and his allies forever limited the… — Alexander Vindman Copy Share Image
It's difficult for me to understand how it was possible to live under the Bush regime for eight years and then just roll over… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
One trouble with living beyond your deserved number of years is that there's always some reason to live another year. And I'd like to… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
I got back to my hometown, and everyone is like, "I wish I could retire at 39." So they put it in perspective. — David Ross Copy Share Image
If you start a new career at 40, you've still got another 35 years to go. — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
There's a grand tradition of a lot of interesting stuff that happens to these post-presidents. Especially in this day and age where you leave… — David Mandel Copy Share Image
I wanted to retire on my own terms. I wanted to leave before they kicked me out. — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
We're a little bit low in the 1970s, right, post-Vietnam, Watergate era, malaise, all that, but this is more like the 1930s where the very notion of liberal democracy is being questioned, and that is disturbing. — Daniel Fried Copy Share
I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the key governments… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
[Russians] want to bring us down to make them feel better about the failure of the Soviet Union. I don't mean bring us down… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
It was my honor to have done what I could do to help. I learned to never underestimate the possibility of change, that values… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which is an… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
The West in its modern form since 1945 is a miracle, and that's in our American interests. It's its good that the West is… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Nothing can be taken for granted and this great achievement is now under assault by Russia. But what we did in my time is… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Two World Wars are sufficient and we are the ones who supported this notion of a united Europe, so there would never be another… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. Both presidents achieved less than they wanted, but they both achieved something. Those policies made sense, and it's to the credit of both Presidents Bush and Obama that even as they reached out to Russia, they did not sacrifice core American interests, or core American values.… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
I am not one of these people that believes that Russia is doomed, or somehow, you know, inevitably disposed to act according to its… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
In my view, [Vladimir] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our liberal values,… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you want to serve in a Trump administration, you're going to serve this country, not yourself. — Sean Spicer Copy Share Image
Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice president. He's taken on a lot… — David Axelrod Copy Share Image
I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
What was unique about me being in City Hall during the Giuliani Administration, I was the only one who wasn't an attorney. I may… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image
The Trump administration launched the cruise missile strikes in Syria, an act of war, without a U.N. resolution or Congressional authorization. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The only way I'll ever run a marathon is if I'm involved in the administration. — Sally Phillips Copy Share Image
Obama spent the first two years of his administration practicing political unilateral disarmament. — Cenk Uygur Copy Share Image
The actions of the University in my case make it abundantly clear that the Administration's rhetoric about Harvard's desire to attract and retain the… — Margaret Geller Copy Share Image
In mid-May, the House of Representatives approved the full amount of money that the Veterans Administration said was needed for next year - plus an additional $1 billion increase for veterans' health care. — Doc Hastings Copy Share
In 1953, the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The Eisenhower administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons, but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development and it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share