#white house

It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a think tank does not work on Capitol Hill or in the White House. Obama sometimes seems to be running the Brookings Institution, not the country. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#capitol hill #classroom #country #does #great

Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track. ↗

— Lisa Murkowski

#around #businesses #country #demonstrated #economy

We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan... The battle has begun and its fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny. ↗

— Mohammed Omar

#battle #because #begun #center #consider

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either. ↗

— Jesse Owens

#either #hands #hitler #house #i

Once at the White House I was asked to conduct the Drum and Bugle Corp. The man just handed me the baton and I finished the song. It was great. I got to keep the baton. ↗

— Dom DeLuise

#baton #bugle #conduct #corp #drum

Don't say "the White House wants." Buildings can't want. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#house #say #want #wants #white

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#been #collection #dined #ever #exception

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#carry #house #i #nixon #only

I left the White House in 2007. You know, I knew when I went there that it would be for a limited period of time. I was grateful that the average tenure of a white house senior aide is 18 to 20 months. I was there for nearly seven years. ↗

— Karl Rove

#average #grateful #house #i #knew

Memo to White House: Calling voters stupid is not a winning strategy. ↗

— Karl Rove

#house #memo #strategy #stupid #voters