Presidential Quotes

• The Russian Federation has a growing Muslim minority, which is causing cultural and religious clashes. This is similar to mass immigration of Mexicans to America, and certain presidential candidates are tailoring their campaigns to get Mexican votes.

  

  David Duke
  • Religious
  • Immigration
  • Mexican

• Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities.

  

  Sarah Palin
  • Community
  • Responsibility
  • Election

• May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.

  

  Millard Fillmore
  • Country
  • Evident
  • Dishonorable

• In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

  

  William McKinley
  • May
  • Victory
  • Defeat

• This wasn’t just an attack against the Boston Marathon... It was an attack against the American public and our democratic use of the streets. We have used our public roadways for annual parades, protest marches, presidential inaugurations, marathons, and all manner of other events. The roads belong to us, and their use represents an important part of our free and democratic tradition.

  

  Amby Burfoot
  • Important
  • Tradition
  • March

• When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

  

  George Ayittey
  • Presidential

• Presidential elections always turn on personalities, they turn on how campaigns are run, they turn on natural desires for change.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Presidential

• I think, first and foremost, showing up, making sure that Democrats focus not just on elections, not just on presidential elections, but we begin the process of rebuilding the infrastructure of the party at the grassroots. We begin going out to all those rural counties and begin having a conversation with rural voters and making sure that we hear their concerns, hear their complaints, and also educate them about what we are doing, making sure that we focus on state legislative races, not just congressional, Senate, governor, and presidential races.

  

  Tom Vilsack
  • Thinking
  • Party
  • Focus

• Sometimes in the middle of a presidential campaign, there's a political movie, and people are sick of hearing about politics, and they don't want to see that movie. They'd rather see "Godzilla."

  

  Casey Affleck
  • Political
  • Sometimes
  • Sick

• In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins.

  

  Susan Estrich
  • Winning
  • Presidential
  • Election

• Presidents and presidential assassins are like Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Even though one city is all about sin and the other is all about salvation, they are identical, one-dimensional company towns built up by the sheer will of true believers.

  

  Sarah Vowell
  • President
  • Sin
  • Salvation

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