Sidney Blumenthal Quotes

As the Texas Attorney General I saw it every day: the struggle for power between the legislative branch and the executive branch.

In the case of the FBI, I revealed that William Sessions, the FBI director, had been engaging in abuses of all kinds, and I exposed that. And that led to his dismissal by President Clinton.

We began to see the renovation of our offices as a subtle part of the Nixon war against the press.

Only to he avoid misunderstandings, I must say that even last year, when I wrote my pamphlet, I heartily wished that Prussia should declare war against Napoleon.

The Secretary of State exists only to recognize the existence of a world which Congress would rather ignore ... Since the first day the Senate existed, it has always intrigued against the Secretary of State ...

Foreign policy is always a sticking point between Congress and the executive.

I won't let the grudge Netanyahu and those who surround him have against me hurt the country.

Here in Nigeria, what makes the news is conflict between the executive and the legislature.

Politics is always a difficult thing to talk about because, like football, the views are radical. You think this way; that guy thinks the opposite way. It is, like, nearly a fight, and feelings are very strong.

I've had problems with the Republican establishment in the past.

I believe that the Left is trying to create a crisis on the border.

We have seen presidents from both parties express their frustrations with the press. That's absolutely normal.

I can't imagine a situation where, as FBI director, I would be giving a press conference on an uncharged individual, much less talking in detail about it.

It's been clear for some time that FBI Director Comey has lost the confidence of Republicans, Democrats, and broader institutions, and his removal as FBI Director was probably overdue.

Really, Donald Trump's entire message is that people like Sen. Blunt are the problem.

As the Director of the FBI, I am committed to ensuring that the Bureau is being transparent and responsive to legitimate congressional requests.

anyone who sings about love and harmony and life [john lennon] is dangerous to someone who sings about death and killing and subduing [Nixon]

The typical presidential staff resents the vice-president even more than they do the first lady.

In Lebanon, there was an agreement not to liquidate Yasser Arafat. In principle, I'm sorry that we didn't liquidate him.

I just kind of had my own impressions growing up with Hoover as a heroic figure in the 40s - actually the 30s, 40s, and 50s and beyond - but this was all prior to the information age so we didn't know about Hoover except what was usually in the papers, and this was fun, because this was a chance to go into it [ during filming 'J. Edgar Hoover' ]

Bob Mueller for the FBI, myself, met with a particular group of executives that have major roles in the so-called ISPs, the Internet service providers, what they could possibly do. We have met with leaders in private industry in terms of the core critical infrastructure of the country as to what they can possibly do with cyber-attacks.

I have nothing to say to him [Ronald Reagan], because he is mad. He is foolish. He is an Israeli dog.

The Chinese had accused the Tibetans of being terrorists, which is weird. A Tibetan terrorist is like an Amish hacker. It just doesn't fit.

Politics should be, you know, as exciting as literature, as exciting film.

My guest Newt Gingrich shut down the government during the Clinton administration. I'll ask him when it's gonna start working again.