Today’s Quote – 2007.11.27

“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President – I’m beginning to believe it.”

—Clarence Darrow

JG.

Today’s Quote – 2007.11.12

“That we are to stand by the president, right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

—Theodore Roosevelt

R.

Today’s Quote – 2007.10.15

“In any country, if you don’t have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development.”

—Condoleezza Rice

R.

Today’s Quote – 2007.09.26

“There are more than 160,000 troops currently serving in Iraq. We should honor their service by providing them with the best possible medical care when they return. We should honor their sacrifice by refusing to allow this president to keep them there in the middle of a civil war. And we should honor them by taking seriously the difficult debate about the best way, or at least the least bad way, to end our engagement in Iraq.”

—Al Franken

R.

Hat-tip to: Jill at Brilliant at Breakfast

Today’s Quote – 2007.04.30

“It is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.”

—Theodore Roosevelt

R.

Today’s Quote – 2007.04.29

“With America’s sons in the fields far away, with America’s future under challenge right here at home, with our hopes and the world’s hopes for peace in the balance every day, I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office – the Presidency of your country.” —Lyndon B. Johnson, 31 March 1968

Today’s Quote – 2007.04.13

“The president of the United States actually has to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.” –John Edwards

R.

Today’s Quote – 2007.03.28

“In the United States democracy has not yet failed and does not need to fail. And we propose not to let it fail!” –Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic Victory Dinner, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1937)

R.

Today’s Quote – 2007.03.20

“If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man’s intelligence and his comprehension . . . would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution. –Dwight D. Eisenhower

R.

Today’s Quote – 2007.03.19

“Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything. “ –Harry S. Truman

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