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Hamilton Jordan
Hamilton Jordan
American Public Servant
Born: Sep 21, 1944
Died: May 20, 2008
American Cancer Good People Political You
Related authors: Andrew Yang Ben Bernanke Betsy DeVos Clara Barton Elizabeth Warren Hope Hicks Jerome Powell Jim Mattis
I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out. Hamilton Jordan
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You mentioned Ross Perot. Mr. Perot jumped into the race at the last minute, had one issue that he ran on, the budget deficit, was in and out of the race a couple of times, and still got 20 million votes, didn't have the Internet. Hamilton Jordan
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And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote. Hamilton Jordan
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And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly not attractive to the American people. Hamilton Jordan
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If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election. Hamilton Jordan
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If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive. Hamilton Jordan
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I think the system is broken; most people think that it's broken. And we think that what we're going to do is invigorate the political system and allow for this country to be turned around. Hamilton Jordan
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I like Kahlua and ice cream as a dessert. Hamilton Jordan
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I didn't work for Jimmy Carter all those years to go to cocktail parties. I was there as a political adviser, a short-order cook, to work on topical matters. Hamilton Jordan
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I used to worry about what would happen five or 10 years from now, but I don't anymore. I thought about going to medical school because that has always interested me, but decided against it. Hamilton Jordan
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My role in the White House was grossly exaggerated by the press. Fortunately for the American people, when the president had to make a critical economic decision or a decision on a weapons system, he did not turn to me and say, 'Hamilton, what in the hell do I do?' Hamilton Jordan
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To say that Jimmy Carter does not understand politics or is not a good politician denies the phenomenon by which he got to the White House. He is without question the best politician, when he's working at it, of anybody I have ever seen. Hamilton Jordan
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Sometimes at night, when I leave and ride by the front of the White House and the lights are on, it is so beautiful, I have some sense of, 'Hey, that's where I work, and Jimmy is President now.' But day in and day out, it's a job. Hamilton Jordan
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The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle. Hamilton Jordan
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