Suppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be kidding today when you say the Taliban's not our enemy.
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Related It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part ... CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice presi... DAVID AXELROD Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegate... RON FOURNIER After the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the Obama administration steadfastly refused to say which elem... BEN SHAPIRO It's not our job to choose the best Sunday school teacher, like Jimmy Carter was. It's our j... JERRY FALWELL, JR. I'm not as offended as the people in my administration should be offended. I think we've got somethi... DERECK WHITTENBURG Now, I don't think President Obama and Vice President Biden get the credit they deserve for savi... HILLARY CLINTON Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA We recommend the nomination of a vice president of the Commission who would be responsible exclusive... BERTIE AHERN There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for... WALE Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI WELCOME CHANGE — For his installation ceremony, Indiana University Kokomo’s new chancellor M... KOKOMO PERSPECTIVE When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But... DAN QUAYLE Vice President Joe Biden believes that illegal immigrants are citizens. Obama believes that some Ame... BEN SHAPIRO President Obama has decided to have the United Nations review the law of Arizona. You have got to be... RUSSELL PEARCE [Glenn and Goldin emphatically denied the charge.] Nothing could be further from the truth, ... I ha... JOHN GLENN Silicon Valley's involvement with Washington dates from one event, which was John Scully - who w... ERIC SCHMIDT My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or ... DAN MARINO Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be v... JOHNNY CARSON Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be Vice President of the United State... JOE BIDEN Be who you want to be not what others think you should be. BILAL SAIF I always believed there would be an African-American president. It was something I'd dreamed abo... EDWARD BROOKE Why would you pick someone who was director of press relations for the most disliked, discredited vi... GARRY SOUTH In order for President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden to be moderates, they just have to pres... DONNA BRAZILE You know, when President Reagan, who was one of my idols, granted amnesty to about three million ill... JAN BREWER The American president isn't just the American president. He's going to be the leader of the... PILOU ASBAEK To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR We believe that in your province you have granted a second term to our president, George W. Bush, an... BILLY GRAHAM How to change the world: • spread positivity • bring people up instead of dragging the... GERMANY KENT If you parse her words very carefully, she always says she is not interested in running for office. ... CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER If you parse her words very carefully, she always says she is not interested in running for office, ... CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER I don't think you can find any Republican in the country who wouldn't be ecstatic to go to a fund-ra... CARL FORTI If the Nuremberg laws were applied today, then every Post-War American president would have to be ha... AVRAM NOAM CHOMSKY I'm stopped by mothers who say, 'Mr. Wilder, what advice would you give to my young boy? He&... GENE WILDER Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice ... JOHNNY CARSON If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for i... BARBARA BUSH It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and the... JEB BUSH To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effectiv... DAN QUAYLE I will say that Edward Norton, who plays the scout master, would be a first-rate Eagle Scout. He'... WES ANDERSON I will be the first woman president of Mexico in history. JOSEFINA VAZQUEZ MOTA He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL The most used phrase in my administration if I were to be President would be 'What the hell you ... GLENN BECK I recall watching the vice president, who was staring out the window at the Pentagon, and wondering ... LEWIS LIBBY He's a charming guy who was a suing lawyer -- that's S-U-I-N-G lawyer -- who dropped by the Senate f... TRENT LOTT The president feared something like this would be attempted around this time. DINO DJALAL When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But... DAN QUAYLE I would rather have peace in the world than be President. HARRY S TRUMAN The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every mor... WILL ROGERS I got off the phone with (Rays executive vice president Andrew Friedman), and I wanted spring traini... LANCE CARTER I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for Preside... JOHN F. KENNEDY It's intimidating to play the nominee for president. The little kid inside you says, 'I'm not enough... TOM SELLECK To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD If the president has subverted that system which he was sworn to uphold, any president in that situa... JOHN ASHCROFT Steve Jobs was rare: a C.E.O. who actually had a huge impact on his company's fortunes. Contrary... JAMES SUROWIECKI if need be, take the vice president to the wood shed. CHUCK SCHUMER I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH Me as president would not be like anybody else as president. Everyone does the job differently. DAN SHECHTMAN We have come to expect campaigns to be mean and stupid and politicians to be unresponsive, self-seek... DONELLA MEADOWS You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president. JAMES BAKER I see The Rock running in 2020 and being a two-term president. I think he would be great, and I'... MICK FOLEY Vice President Biden had recently launched the 'Cancer Moonshots', a campaign to finally era... CRAIG SAGER Pennsylvania couldn't be prouder of our native son, Joe Biden from Scranton. No one knows us bet... BOB CASEY, JR. I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you. EMINEM This isn't just about today, this about generations to come. And you've got a chance to be t... BRUCE BABBITT When you walk into a doctor's office, you've got to have the same attitude you would about a... TOM BROKAW How rude would I be, walking around and saying: 'Hello. I'm Eleanor Mondale. My father was v... ELEANOR MONDALE I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vi... DAN QUAYLE Why would anyone want to be President today? The answer is not one of glory, or fame; today the burd... RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON Just because you believe something was true in the past does not mean it will be true in the future. JEFFREY FRY When I joined the ANC, I never thought I would be anything. In no way, did I say, 'One day I cou... JACOB ZUMA When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm ... AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? ... MONTE IRVIN You don't have that. How would the situation be any different if Mr. Giordano were a bank president? DENNIS JACOBS To serve the world, serve yourself first by becoming happy and the best person that you can be. DEBASISH MRIDHA the constitutional right of the president and vice president to obtain information in confidentialit... ANNE MCBRIDE The president ought to do his own internal investigation of the vice president's office, to see what... CHUCK SCHUMER When President Obama passed health care reform, it was personal! And when Governor Romney says he wo... DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ To be the best is a choice you make on your own SOTONYE ANGA In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk t... HAROLD S. GENEEN What if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were nev... MARIE LU Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen? BILL PARCELLS you have GOT to be kidding me.... ADELIA MARIE GALLOWAY You have got to be kidding me SUSAN HOLT I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president ... ALEXANDER HAIG Put together that letter and the commander's recent actions and statements against the government, h... JALE BABA For the president to resign now would be wrong. President Clinton may have debased himself with his ... GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS This is not about Republican or Democrat. It is about our children, it's about our families, it ... JOHN KASICH If I took over the 'Glamour' offices for a day, I would put Joe Pesci on the cover. I would ... JAKE JOHNSON That was just a boneheaded statement from someone who should be in charge of this situation, ... The... BENNIE THOMPSON People in the record business would say, Well, Pras, you know, you haven't been out in a while, ... PRAS MICHEL I think most people... would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president... HOWARD DEAN It's a a damn good day to be alive. MICHAEL CLIFFORD The man with the best job in the country is the Vice President. All he has to do is get up every mor... 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