#presidents

Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite of what it takes to succeed in office. Squaring the circle takes a powerful combination of skills. But presidents who can campaign and compromise are generally the most successful. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#campaigns #circle #combination #compromise #generally

I think a lot of presidents learn to be president by being president. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#i #i think #learn #lot #president

I was chef to the French Presidents between '56 and '59, finished with de Gaulle, and during de Gaulle I remember serving Eisenhower, Nehru, Tito, Macmillan; those were the heads of state at the time. I never saw anyone. No one would ever, ever, ever come to the kitchen. You couldn't even see them. ↗

— Jacques Pepin

#between #chef #come #during #eisenhower

Look, I worked with American Republican presidents and Democratic presidents, all of them, and each of them has shown a deep and profound friendship to Israel, you know? I can't remember anybody who was in that sense negative as far as Israel is concerned. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#anybody #as far as #concerned #deep #democratic

When I found out that there was eight Presidents before George Washington, I wanted to smack somebody. ↗

— Prince

#eight #found #george #george washington #i

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#actions #amongst #ballot #ballot box #box

People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise. ↗

— Nancy Reagan

#become #door #funeral #get #god

I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good. ↗

— David Baldacci

#bad #bad people #flip #good #good people

One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress. ↗

— Allison Janney

#american men #around #been #clothing #dancing

The whole issue of healthcare is very complicated. There have been seven Presidents who've tried to get healthcare reform passed. ↗

— Valerie Jarrett

#complicated #get #healthcare #issue #passed