“I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday,
ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport.”

– George W. Bush in Arlington, Virginia announcing the
reopening of Reagan National Airport, October, 2001

“We should have every child speaking more than one language.
It’s embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak
English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go
over to Europe and all we can say is merci beaucoup, right?”

– Barack Obama at a town hall meeting in Georgia, July 9, 2008

“I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.”

– John McCain in response to a question from reporters
about his Vietnamese tormentors aboard his campaign bus
during the 2000 presidential campaign, February 17, 2000

“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for
themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”

– Abraham Lincoln in a letter to Henry L. Pierce declining an
invitation to a birthday party honoring Thomas Jefferson
and describing his thoughts on freedom, April 6, 1859

“I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting
shot down is a qualification to be president.”

– General Wesley Clark on Face the Nation questioning
John McCain’s experience to be president, June 29, 2008