Been Quote by George Tenet

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed…

— David Frum

The words of the President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately.

— Calvin Coolidge

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed…

— David Frum

“The President was trapped – and with nearly every president, it had come about from his own words. Presidential promises and statements… The people…

— Tom Clancy

“The words of the President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately. It would be exceedingly easy to set the…

— Calvin Coolidge

In the course of a presidency, a U.S. president says millions of words in public. You never know which of them end up cementing…

— Ben Rhodes

Every administration suffers its share of 'what the president meant to say' moments.

— Antony Blinken

“The President is a phrase-maker par excellence. He admires trite sayings and revels in formulating them. But when he comes to their practical application…

— Thomas Sowell

The President hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully indeed to hear…

— Harry S. Truman

There is a responsibility as president to choose your words carefully, especially on foreign policy, and to speak as clearly as possible.

— Todd Young

“The fact that presidents have done something does not necessarily make it right or constitutional.”

— Chris Edelson

“The president did not truly listen to anybody. The more you talked, the less he listened.”

— Michael Wolff