Mike McCurry Quotations

He (Clinton) has a lot of confidence in the Air Force pilots, ... They operated true to form. They were right on top of it." ()

I think it's a matter not so much of legality as of fundamental fairness, that the president ought to have a right to respond to any report if there is such a report." ()

I think there has to be, as we've just indicated, some arrangements for a transitional process that leads to a newly elected government." ()

is determined to see an agreement arise from this exercise." ()

Our relations with the Russian Federation depend less on personality and more on policy." ()

Those who are undecided are still seeking some of those fundamental questions answered. Who you are, what your values are, is something these voters really look to." ()

The president is absolutely rock-solid confident that he's got the right approach." ()

There are highly speculative reports in the region about what diplomatic approach might be use to bring the parties together," ()

The president thinks it's time for an offensive in the war on drugs and not a time for surrender." ()

The president obviously wants the flexibility to bring together a team that will serve him and serve the nation well. The president also has a lot of loyalty." ()

First and foremost in the president's mind, ... is the need for protecting the public's right to know in the event that that type of situation arises, that there be an orderly process and an orderly report to the public on whatever conditions might arise." ()

We certainly expect criticism, ... We certainly expect alternative ideas. The most encouraging thing to the president is that this budget is being received seriously ... It is not being cast aside as a document dead on arrival." ()

there will be steps that the United States will take." ()

The standard in the statute hasn't changed in the last week -- it's 'imperil the national health and safety' -- and we monitor the strike conditions and the economic conditions to see if that standard has been met. So far it has not." ()

This is being done consistent with government ethics, rules, regulations and also with what is obviously the proper way to do business," ()

They're up to political mischief and making a nuisance of themselves." ()

This president has an especially difficult time admitting he's wrong, so when it happens, it probably has greater significance, but he's got such a long list of complex problems now because of Katrina and other things, this is probably the least of his worries, to be humble enough to admit error." ()

This president and this first lady are committed to keeping the residence open to the American public. This is one of the only residences in the world that's open for public tour. And the Clintons think that's an important principle to maintain," ()

They're going to go up, they're going to take in some shows, they'll probably have some meals and have some fun." ()

That means it is at its most delicate moment. In terms of our own mediating role, some of these issues are contentious; (it's) not clear they can be resolved." ()

Take that as an indication of nothing other than our desire to keep the Congress fully informed." ()

They congratulated him on his re-election and wished him well." ()

I'm troubled by some of my own behavior sometimes. I think about it. I worry about it. I pray about it. I see if I can do better next time around." ()

He's a human being and he has human reaction when he reads stuff like that, sure." ()

If he is certain of that, his information is contrary to what has been communicated to me and contrary to what I've briefed you," ()

For someone who loves the presidency and loves that White House and is a student of it, that will hurt him a lot forever when he's down in Little Rock at his library, ... Meet the Press." ()

For me, and maybe for many religious kids of the '60s, the church lost relevance the more it became a surrogate in the movement for social and political change.

President Bush had an opportunity tonight to say, 'Look ... things aren't going very well in Iraq and we did make some miscalculations and misjudgments there,' but he is so stubbornly arrogant - he just sticks with that same formula that he has in talking about the war on Iraq that just defies the reality that we all see on the ground.

For the progressive left, social activism grounded in faith and theology crested in the 1960s.

I'm not going to parse the statement. You've got the statement I made earlier and the statement speaks for itself.

Maybe there'll be a simple, innocent explanation. I don't think so, because I think we would have offered that up already.

By and large, people are sort of technologically averse in the political space.

There's a wider agenda that speaks to what the Democratic Party has historically stood for, which are economic rights for those who are struggling in the middle class, concern for the poor, for economic justice for those who are marginalized in our society.

The White House is a huge organization, first and foremost.

There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political campaign - the rhythm, the tempo, the hours, the intensity.

When I worked at the White House in the mid-1990s, I would not have dreamed of sharing my beliefs on faith with my colleagues.

In Barack Obama, Democrats have put forth a man of strong religious faith who is comfortable connecting his spiritual life to his public role as a policymaker.

A great deal of care goes into the security of these aircraft, ... There's always risks involved in air travel. We believe it's a very minimal risk." ()