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I would rather be an independent senator, governed by my own views, going for the good of the country, uncontrolled by any thing which mortal man can bring to bear upon me, than to be president of the United States, put there as presidents of the United States have been for many years past. John C. Calhoun

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I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together. John Dingell

Together Presidents Since Eisenhower Worked Serve

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states. John Henrik Clarke

Other Presidents States Kings Heads Queens Walked

I've always given presidents the benefit of the doubt on their nominees. John McCain

Doubt Benefit Presidents Given Always

You look around the world in 2013, and you say, 'How many prime ministers or presidents are in prison?' One or two. 'How many generals or bankers?' Two or three. 'But how many writers?' 850 or so. John Ralston Saul

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Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably won't work for you either. Jon Meacham

Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life. For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and vice versa, but I think there is an inherent popular aversion to assaults on the court itself. Perhaps it has to do with an instinctive belief that life needs umpires. Jon Meacham

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Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more or less stops there. Jonathan Raban

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Taxpayers should not be on the hook for subsidizing former presidents' lives to the tune of millions of dollars. Joni Ernst

Presidents Hook Dollars Tune Former Taxpayers Should Lives Millions Millions Of Dollars

I'm just raising money. Dead presidents are my relatives. Juicy J

Money Relatives Presidents Dead Just Raising

Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done. Julian Castro

Health Care Before President President Obama Seven Presidents All Americans Obama Tried Him Health Care Democrats Democrats And Republicans Got Expand American Done Republicans

When in 1969 I became publisher of the 'Washington Post' as well as president of the company, my plate was fuller than ever. I had partly worked myself into the job but not, except for rare occasions, taken hold. I had acquired some sense of business but still relied on others more than most company presidents did. Katharine Graham

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Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama, each were told repeatedly, 'You can't win.' They all won. Kellyanne Conway

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Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do. Kitty Kelley

First Presidents Rarely Disappoint Often Ladies

As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life. Lee Haney

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I've played golf with three U.S presidents. Lee Trevino

Three Presidents Golf Played

Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in the big chair to meet big challenges, no matter how difficult. Mark McKinnon

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Historians sometimes view presidents very differently from the way the public did at the time. Sometimes they don't. Michael Beschloss

Time Sometimes Way Presidents Historians Very Did Public View Differently

Too few presidents have steeped themselves not just in Lincoln's words but his deeds, which is why Obama's acquaintance with the great man is so compelling - especially since, like President-elect Lincoln, Obama will take office at a perilous time. Michael Beschloss

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Presidents get to decide how their intelligence is served up to them, and it's the job of intelligence to adjust. Michael Hayden

Intelligence Job Presidents Adjust How Up Get Decide Them Served

Surveillance changes history. We know this through examples of corrupt presidents like Nixon. Mikko Hypponen

History Changes Presidents Nixon Corrupt Examples Through Like Know Surveillance

And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout? Milton Friedman

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