Scott McClellan President Quotations

When words I uttered, believing them to be true, were exposed as false, I was constrained by my duties and loyalty to the President and unable to comment. But I promised reporters and the public that I would someday tell the whole story of what I knew.

I'm done with my job. It was my job to be the advocate and spokesman for the President of the United States.

The prime minister expressed Canada's concerns about the issue of softwood lumber. The president expressed our strong commitment to NAFTA." ()

I think what you're seeing is some Democrats on the committee trumping up allegations and making unsubstantiated accusations against someone the president believes will do an outstanding job at the United Nations." ()

The president wanted to see it resolved in a positive way." ()

The president thought it was important to have these refresher briefings for all of the White House staff, in light of recent circumstances, ... All White House staff serves at the pleasure of the president." ()

And these are old, recycled attacks. The Democrats have made it clear that they intend to try to tear down the president and throw the kitchen sink at us because they can't run on John Kerry's record and because they see him falling behind in the polls." ()

We are disappointed at the decision. The president remains fully committed to building a culture of life ... that is built on valuing life at all stages.

We continue to go from crisis to crisis, whether it is electricity or whether it is gas prices. We need comprehensive solutions, not patchwork crisis management, .. We wouldn't be in this situation today if Senate Democrats weren't holding up the national energy plan that the president proposed back in May of 2001.

I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest-ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice president, the president's chief of staff and the president himself.