Administration Quotations | Page 3

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration.

Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obama's Waterloo.

Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs.

Why did the Clinton Administration continue to liberalize export controls on sensitive technologies even after it learned that China had stolen designs?

No organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration. .. No foresight can anticipate nor any document of reasonable length contain express provisions for all possible questions.

Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get done what they wanted done. And toward the end of their Administrations, they were disappointed and wished they had done some things differently.

Interference with communications of science to the public has been greater during the current administration than at any time in my career,

Those who govern must see how the people react to administration. Ultimately, the people are the final arbiters.

The Obama administration took rapid and decisive action to restructure GM and Chrysler. Within a fairly short period of time these companies were working effectively again.