#residents

Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. ↗

— John Legend

#biographies #bit #booker #civil #civil rights

You know how old I am? I'm so old, I remember when Letterman used to be funny and it was presidents who were serious. That's how old I am. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#funny #how #i #i am #i remember

Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#direct #elected #electoral #electoral college #members

Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#bypass #channels #closed #makes #many

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

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

— Prince

#eight #found #george #george washington #i

Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#apparent #clinton #issue #issues #looking

I find as I grow older, I love those most, whom I loved first. ↗

— Th. Jefferson

#lawyers #love #presidents #th #love

I believe that presidents up through and including George Bush have known that Americans were left alive and in violation of law, these high officials and certain of their appointed subordinates have continued and perpetrated a cover up of this reality. ↗

— Bo Gritz

#appointed #believe #bush #certain #continued