Jon Meacham Quotes

There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.

The last time I saw Ted Kennedy was a generation after my first meeting, at the Senate subway below the Capitol on Obama's Inauguration Day. He was his usual gregarious and gracious self - with beaming smile and booming voice wishing my husband and me good luck with our pregnancy and expressing his excitement about the new president.

Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts.

Tom Daschle is one of the smartest guys in Washington.

Obama is the splendid fruit of a meritocracy.

I believe in President Obama.

I hear from people all the time and it infuriates me that 'President Obama's a brilliant politician.' No he absolutely is not.

Barack Obama strikes me as a man of strong principles and weak convictions - the kind of guy who would rather teach constitutional law than practice it, or who'd rather watch the match alone on TV than arm-wrestle his opponents.

For Obama, 'rule of law' is merely his political silly-putty.

Merkel is an amazing woman, very experienced in international politics.

Obama had the wherewithal to muscle through an entire health care reorganization, right? Like it, don't like it, whatever.

I admire Obama.

I traveled with then-Senator Obama to Israel in 2008. I will never forget our time in the holy city of Jerusalem and following behind him as he approached the Western Wall - and even in the dark hours of that very early morning, it was a place bustling with energy afforded by one's faith.

America is stronger because of President Obama's leadership, and I'm better because of his friendship.

Obama isn't funny.

Obama has made incredibly poor decisions that have made us less safe.

Change' - Obama's election mantra - is a direct, in-your-face affront to the very vision of our Founding Fathers.

Obama has so mismanaged the economy.

The rise of ISIS, the orgy of identity politics, and the political changes they brought - how could Obama not see that coming? I blame the golf.

Obama was the first president whose biography makes sense to me. He can walk into a room anywhere and find common ground with any person.

President Obama... is a wimp.

Anybody would be a vast improvement over Obama.

Obama's very unpopular. I don't need a poll to tell me that.

It's a strong country, but Mr. Obama seems to be doing everything he can to hold it back.

When it comes to Iran, we must not accept Obama's inconsistencies and weakness.