#residents

Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards of presidents, he is a decent man. But those standards aren't good enough. He's in a position either to kill or not to kill, and he's made the decision to kill. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#american #choice #civilians #deaths #decent

The causes of the China Incident were the exclusion and insult of Japan throughout China, the exclusion of Japanese goods, the persecution of Japanese residents in China, and the illegal violation of Japanese rights. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#china #exclusion #goods #illegal #incident

As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair. ↗

— Lauren Graham

#because #chair #conservative #day #different

But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#biggest #house #i #learned #lessons

Presidents do not go into war lightly. It's a tremendous responsibility in making decisions, and I know Bush must deeply believe this is the only course. ↗

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

#bush #course #decisions #deeply #go

I started the nuclear medicine laboratory at UW Hospitals in 1959 and trained radiology residents in the field. It was 1965 before they found a trained MD (doctor) to take over my role. ↗

— John Cameron

#doctor #field #found #hospitals #i

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#around #better #decision #destroy #good

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen. ↗

— Ted Koppel

#days #fools #had #kings #network

All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf. ↗

— Helen Thomas

#goes #presidents #press #rail #turf

Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies. ↗

— Malcolm Wallop

#both #carry #democrat #doctrines #out