"Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim……" — Ron Fournier
"Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since Jackson has claimed the mantle, even while lacking two ingredients of an electoral mandate: a landslide victory and a specific agenda."
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85 Quotes by Ron Fournier
Ron Fournier has 85 quotes on this site.
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If you like your health insurance plan, you can keep your health insurance plan
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Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist…
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At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do…
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Anything can go wrong in a debate, and Obama is not a perfect debater.
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Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil.
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In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service…
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A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.
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If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty.
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The 2016 presidential election is ripe for the emergence of a game-changing political leader who either dramatically reforms one of…
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Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.
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Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup.
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Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories.
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The Tea Party is an organic, spontaneous movement that rose up in opposition to to the Pelosi-Reid-Obama agenda.
— Michele Bachmann
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But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing…
— Warren Beatty
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I think we are not serious about attacking the long-term debt problem, and that's one of the things that he's…
— Michael Bloomberg
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It's pretty clear that over the last three months the economy has paused. And it's also pretty clear the American…
— John Boehner
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For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran.…
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're…
— George W. Bush
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When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot…
— Abdallah II
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I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.
— David Byrne
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The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want…
— Eric Cantor
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But, as we've seen over the last several months, the people in this country are very dissatisfied with the direction…
— Eric Cantor
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Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public…
— Eric Alterman
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Feminism's agenda is basic: it asks that women not be forced to "choose" between public justice and private happiness. It…
— Susan Faludi
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