White House Quotes

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
John F. Kennedy

Knowledge, Alone, Human

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.
John F. Kennedy

Person, Between, Realize

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
H. L. Mencken

Great, Heart, Last

I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.
Mitt Romney

Best, Remember, Become

Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children.
Hillary Clinton

Children, House, Meaningful

I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do.
Hillary Clinton

Time, Important, Mean

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.
Calvin Coolidge

House, Deserve, White

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
William Tecumseh Sherman

Between, House, Choose

Let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up.
Janeane Garofalo

History, Black, Racism

The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for a million Mexicans to marry a million of our ugliest citizens.
Dennis Miller

Plan, House, United

People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.
Robin Williams

Living, Dead, Alive

The White House is the finest prison in the world.
Harry S. Truman

House, White, Prison

What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility?
Paul Ryan

Leadership, Time, Blame

Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.
Hedy Lamarr

Everything, Knew, House

Did you know that the White House drug test is multiple choice?
Rush Limbaugh

Choice, House, Test

The Obama camp, the White House, and the media all condemned Romney before they condemned the attacks. Obama thought it more worthwhile to hit Romney for what he was doing than the terrorists for what they did. Romney got hit first.
Rush Limbaugh

Thought, Before, House

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.
Richard M. Nixon

Moment, Film, President

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
Donald Rumsfeld

Best, Help, Give

There will be no whitewash in the White House.
Richard M. Nixon

And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
Barbara Bush

Someone, May, Him

A white boy that makes C's in college can make it to the White House.
Chris Rock

College, Makes, House

Don't say 'the White House wants.' Buildings can't want.
Donald Rumsfeld

House, Wants, White

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.
Donald Rumsfeld

Work, Last, House

I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.
Jimmy Carter

Government, Pretty, Same

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either.
Jesse Owens

President, House, Either

The Clinton White House today said they would start to give national security and intelligence briefings to George Bush. I don't know how well this is working out. Today after the first one Bush said, 'I've got one question: What color is the red phone?'
Bill Maher

Today, Give, After

For example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. I'd come home and go to church and everybody would say, 'Oh, my God. Demetri, you're working at the White House.'
Demetri Martin

God, Home, School

I believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited Billy Graham to have services in the White House because I didn't think that was appropriate. He was injured a little bit, until I explained it to him.
Jimmy Carter

Father, Him, Until

When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace.
Jimmy Carter

Peace, War, Challenge

I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.
Jimmy Carter

Wish, House, Known

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