Abraham Verghese Quotes, Baptism Quotes, President Quotes

Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.

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I'm forever a former president and I understand that, but at this point in my post-presidency, I don't want to be involved with politics.

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If we have actionable intelligence about high value terrorist targets and President [Pervez] Musharraf will not act, we will.

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We're a long way from the embargo ending. Look at what just happened with the rollback of Obama's Cuba policies. Two idiot congressmen convinced our idiot president to make it harder on Cubans on the island.

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ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.

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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.

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I'd like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace.

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Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers.

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We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.

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If you're asking me as the President, would I understand reality, I do.

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Maxwell's Equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents.

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I would a great deal rather be anything, say professor of history, than vice president.

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We hope that diplomacy works before you ever use force. The hardest decision a president makes is ever to use force.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1894... I met with the Quorum and Presidency in the temple... President Woodruff then spoke... 'In searching out my genealogy I found about four hundred of my female kindred who were never married. I asked Pres. Young what I should do with them. He said for me to have them sealed to me unless there were more than 999 of them. The doctrine startled me, but I had it done.

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There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.

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I'm comfortable with how I lived my life as the president.

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I ended up being the 43rd president of the United States. It was an awesome experience, and I'm glad I did it.

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The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda.

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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.

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Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.

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