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  • Both President Kennedy and President Reagan were roundly criticized by parts of the foreign policy establishment that felt they were being weak by engaging our adversaries. So some of it is built into a political lexicon that makes you sound tougher if you don't talk to somebody, and rather, very loudly, wield a big stick.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Political Quotes , President Quotes
  • Hunger, disease and poverty can lead to global instability and leave a vacuum for extremism to fill. So instead of just managing poverty, we must offer nations and people a pathway out of poverty. And as president I've made development a pillar of our foreign policy, alongside diplomacy and defense.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , People Quotes , President Quotes
  • We spend less time with each other now than we did during the presidency. When you're president, you're usually out and back in the same day - at least I was. I just came from a trip to the Middle East last week, where I was gone for five nights, and when I left, Laura [Bush] was out of town.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Night Quotes , President Quotes
  • I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Thinking Quotes , President Quotes