Communication & Rhetoric
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- To those Members of Congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better, or question the wisdom of me acting where Congress has failed, I have one answer: Pass a bill.
- Let`s face it, the city is really in a panic at this point in anticipation of this [grand jury] decision…On behalf of [Michael Brown’s] family, I reiterate for the umpteenth time - and they wanted me to make it crystal clear - they do not advocate any violence, any looting, any rioting. They are totally against that.
- Every time someone mentions how many jobs Keystone XL would create, it somehow gets bigger. A bazillion jobs!
- In the middle of a crisis, pulling Dr. Frieden away from the work he needs to do so Congress members could all make their little press statements -- it was shameful.
- We want to believe that diversity can transform the relationship of police to the communities they serve. But odds are good that it doesn’t, and it won’t. Given the fraught history of blacks and law enforcement, blue—it seems—is the only color that matters.
- I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it…You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it.
- The most common occupation for women in G rated films is royalty - which is a great gig, if you can get it.
- You're much more pleasant to debate than Joe Biden.
- We live in a country that talks about being the home of the brave and the land of the free, and we have the highest incarceration rate in the world.
- I’m not concerned [about Ebola]. I’ve had no fluid exchanges with my neighbors.
- And I remember all kinds of times when I've had the same thoughts that you've had about that city, about that situation, about those schools. Now that's us. Now that's my alma mater.
- I want to be a much better president than I have been until now.