#white house

Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the White House, with no responsibility but incredible authority is one of the reasons we're now in so much trouble. ↗

— Stuart Symington

#avoided #been #characteristic #giving #his

White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#development #diplomatic #directed #experts #house

The White House is a strange place. ↗

— Marlin Fitzwater

#place #strange #white #white house

If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed. ↗

— James Buchanan

#feel #happy #happy man #house #i

At the unveiling at the White House of the presidential portrait, President Bush pointed out that Hillary Clinton was the first sitting Senator in history to have her portrait hanging in the White House. ↗

— Eleanor Clift

#clinton #first #hanging #her #hillary

Politics gets me out of bed in the morning It's what really interests me. I'm a competitor, but I also feel like I'm contributing, whether it's working on health-care policy in the White House or out here in Chicago. ↗

— Stephanie Cutter

#bed #chicago #competitor #contributing #feel

I would say that President Roosevelt probably was more intimately in touch with the press corps at the White House than President Truman was. ↗

— Clifton Daniel

#house #i #intimately #more #president

The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule No. 1 of politics: No one sheds tears for anyone lucky enough to live at the White House. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

#appreciate #cage #enough #especially #forgotten

It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance. ↗

— Richard Dreyfuss

#bush #character #character assassination #confused #governance

Divine right went out with the American Revolution and doesn't belong to the White House aides. What meat do they eat that makes them grow so great? ↗

— Sam Ervin

#american #american revolution #belong #divine #eat