Quotes about Secretary

The first thing the secretary types is the boss. Votes: 8

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself. Votes: 8

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine. Votes: 8

Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages. Votes: 6

I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position. Votes: 6

Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state Votes: 6

Rock Hudson let his gay agent marry him off to his secretary because he didn't want people to get the right idea. Votes: 6

[Hospitalized and pressing the nurse's button before dictating letters to her secretary:] This should assure us of at least forty-five minutes of undisturbed privacy. Votes: 6

I'm afraid I was very much the traditionalist. I went down on one knee and dictated a proposal which my secretary faxed over straight away. Votes: 6

But even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can, within their own small ways, turn on a small light in a dark room. Votes: 6

Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, believes that in 25 years, somewhere between 75 and 80 percent of all the species of living animals will be extinct. Votes: 6

And so while the great ones depart to their dinner, the secretary stays, growing thinner and thinner, racking his brain to record and report what he thinks that they think that they ought to have thought. Votes: 6

As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly and unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost. Votes: 6

In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should 'have his head examined,' as General MacArthur so delicately put it. Votes: 6

A Queen, or a Prime Minister's secretary may be shot at in London, as we know; and probably there is no person eminent in literature or otherwise who has not been the object of some infirm brain or another. But in America the evil is sadly common. Votes: 6

When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth. Votes: 6

I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary. Votes: 4

Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days. Votes: 4

I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state. Votes: 4

My mother's a secretary; my father's an electrician in a mining company. Votes: 4

I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary. Votes: 4

If you have a good selling idea, your secretary can write your ad for you. Votes: 4

My mum worked as a secretary for Christian Dior. She looked like a movie star. Votes: 4

I worked as a secretary, a waitress and a dance teacher - all in high school. Votes: 4

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control. Votes: 4

You can run the office without a boss, but you can't run an office without secretaries. Votes: 4

I was studying to be a legal secretary when I was called to audition for 'Ken.' Votes: 4

Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state. Votes: 4

As God as my witness, they said, We're above the law. There's nothing you can do to us. You're just a church secretary. Votes: 4

I didn't run off with the secretary. It made it seem like I had committed adultery and then ran off with a secretary, neither of which happened. Votes: 4

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent. Votes: 4

Margaret had close links with Geneva where she had spent some years as a student while her parents had been wardens of the Quaker Hostel there and where she had gone back as secretary to Gilbert Murray. Votes: 4

And the Marshall Plan, to us, meant a general who had turned into a secretary of state, and that the secretary of state saw the necessity of the reconstruction of these European countries that had suffered so heavily. Votes: 4

We know that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has some very dangerous, very important leaders who are tied directly to the top leadership of al Qaeda central, including a man who was formerly Osama bin Laden's secretary. Votes: 4

General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! Votes: 4

Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy. Votes: 4

Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him. Votes: 4

I think the United States and the secretary of State should be concerned about the poverty in this country - people without health insurance. The United States should stop being the empire and be concerned about other countries. You've got to be more worried about your own people. Votes: 4

I am not surprised that the President of the United States called this a phony scandal. I'm not surprised that Secretary Clinton asked, "What difference does it make?" I'm not even surprised that Jay Carney said that Benghazi happened 'a long time ago.' I'm just surprised at how many people bought it. Votes: 4

Look around. Oil companies guzzle down the billions in profits. Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries, and Wall Street CEOs, the same ones the direct our economy and destroyed millions of jobs still strut around Congress, no shame, demanding favors, and acting like we should thank them. Does anyone here have a problem with that? Votes: 4

The way we treat people we think can't help or hurt us - like housekeepers, waiters, and secretaries - tells more about our character than how we treat people we think are important. How we behave when we think no one is looking or when we don't think we will get caught more accurately portrays our character than what we say or do in service of our reputations. Votes: 4

A secretary is not a toy. Votes: 3

It makes a difference who the treasury secretary is. Votes: 3

It's always a difficult time to be secretary general. Votes: 3

By the year 2000 every secretary will have a favorite typeface. Votes: 3

I thought Colin Powell did a fine job as secretary of state. Votes: 3

No one needs a word processor if he has an efficient secretary. Votes: 3

Personally, I think Mitt Romney would be a great secretary of state. Votes: 3

These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have. Votes: 3

These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have. Votes: 3

Time brought along its secretary, memory, and space brought its brat, loneliness. Votes: 3

Talk to the assistant press secretary, the deputy to key administration officials. Votes: 3

I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever. Votes: 3

My work as secretary of state was not influenced by the outside forces. Votes: 3

Don Rumsfeld is the finest secretary of defense the nation has ever had. Votes: 3

Getting countries working together was my job every day as your secretary of state. Votes: 3

Only in America could a refugee girl from Central Europe become secretary of state. Votes: 3

Wow, the entire network of anchors has been hired to be the press secretary. Votes: 3

I don't think you can have a better secretary of the Treasury than Hank Paulson. Votes: 3

Back off, boys. You don't want to mess with an out-of-work secretary. We're real testy. Votes: 3

The president of the United States and his secretary of state were made honorary Hebrews. Votes: 3

Damn, girl, you type so shitastically fast. You should be a fucking secretary or something. Votes: 3

Everything I did as secretary of state was in furtherance of America's interests and our values. Votes: 3

If Hollywood didn't work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world. Votes: 3

If President Nixon's secretary, Rosemary Woods, had been Moses' secretary, there would only be eight commandments. Votes: 3

She's called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school. Votes: 3

I answer two or three letters a day. I'm just not the he-has-a-secretary kind of guy. Votes: 3

Mitt Romney looks like a secretary of state. He looks like the chancellor of the exchequer. Votes: 3

When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities. Votes: 3

The world increasingly allows girls to be whoever they wish to be-- homemaker, mother, secretary, executive. Votes: 3

You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever. Votes: 3

Government will not nominate the former Labor prime minister [Kevin Rudd] to be the UN's next secretary-general. Votes: 3

He has a competent person, I think who will be confirmed as HHS secretary, Congressman Tom Price. Votes: 3

Certainly, we shouldn't go about making a habit of taking generals and making them secretary of defense. Votes: 3

Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people. Votes: 3

The first time I had a secretary, I was sheepish about being demanding or even asking questions. Votes: 3

Women have traditionally took secondary roles to men. I want to be the boss not the secretary. Votes: 3

J.D. nodded. Yes, yes, fine, thank you. Nice attitude, by the way. Like boss, like secretary. Votes: 3

Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary. Votes: 3

The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people. Votes: 3

As home secretary, I gained a reputation for being 'tough'; less concerned with liberty than with public protection. Votes: 3

I also have picked a secretary for Housing and Human Development. Mel Martinez from the state of Florida. Votes: 3

At the Christmas party, the secretary with the long red hair ate three pickles, and four salesmen panicked. Votes: 3

The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle. Votes: 3

As press secretary, I spent countless hours defending the administration from the podium in the White House briefing room. Votes: 3

Being home secretary involves having to face some of the worst of human behaviour and challenges of modern society. Votes: 3

Happy is the man with a wife to tell him what to do and a secretary to do it. Votes: 3

When I was secretary of state, we actually increased American exports globally 30 percent. We increased them to China 50 percent. Votes: 3

When I became secretary of state, I felt one of my primary jobs was building relationships around the world. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton was an outstanding secretary of state. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy. Votes: 3

My job is to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it. Votes: 3

The secretary of Homeland Security working with myself and my staff will begin immediate construction of a border wall. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton wants a better title, and I would, too, if I was already America's secretary of the status quo. Votes: 3

It's rare in an administration for a secretary of state and a secretary of defense to get along really well. Votes: 3

I would have my secretary of treasury be in touch with the financial centers, not only here but at home. Votes: 3

I'm the most transparent secretary of state because of that. I've been willing to say, "OK, read them [emails] all." Votes: 3

I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life. Votes: 3

As social secretary, I was responsible for putting together all the events that the President and the First Lady host. Votes: 3

Being a Labour home secretary in the 21st century means fighting a constant battle against both extreme Right and Left. Votes: 3

Without the Project I was nothing but a secretary on a road to nowhere, drifting toward frosted hair and menthol addiction. Votes: 3

Listen, I would never judge someone who screwed their babysitter for years or knocked up their secretary, so don't ask me to. Votes: 3

As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had. Votes: 3

As former secretary of state Madeleine Albright once said, There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women. Votes: 3

My house is modern, but I like my writing room to be old fashioned. I write on a little wooden secretary desk. Votes: 3

My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young. Votes: 3

As secretary of state you can go out in a helmet if you want to. Even in Switzerland in front of reporters. Votes: 3

The surest way to get a job done is to give it to a busy man. He'll have his secretary do it. Votes: 3

Do I attribute my success to hard work, or sunscreen? If you want the truth, maybe you should ask my new albino secretary. Votes: 3

I do not go lightly. If I could have anything right now, it would be the ability to continue as secretary of state. Votes: 3

Pope John Paul II's press secretary, who said, See, if only the Pope were Italian, he woulda shot back! Never got a dinner! Votes: 3

Using these new funds, I will ask my secretary of defense to propose a new defense budget to meet the following longtime goals. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton possesses an extraordinary intelligence and a remarkable work ethic. I am proud that she will be our next secretary of state. Votes: 3

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president. Votes: 3

I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified. Votes: 3

The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president. Votes: 3

Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life. Votes: 3

If you look at the Forbes 400, they are paying a lower rate, accounting payroll taxes, than their secretary or - whomever around their office. Votes: 3

My dad was in the life insurance business, so I learned about selling when I was about 14 because I started working as a secretary. Votes: 3

I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary of agriculture. Votes: 3

I could run for Congress. Why not? Good heavens, if Ronald Reagan can be president, I ought to make a great secretary of the treasury. Votes: 3

As education and employment secretary in 1997, I inherited hundreds of schools where the roofs leaked, the windows rattled, and they relied entirely on outside toilets. Votes: 3

If I went to a regular job, if I was a secretary or something, I'd want to look good. I'd dress up for that part. Votes: 3

I am certainly not a blogger. Quite a large proportion of them are nuts and extremists - with the honourable exception of the culture secretary. Votes: 3

Footman. Karl Marx, living in chronic indebtedness in Soho and often barely able to put food on the table, employed a housekeeper and a personal secretary. Votes: 3

Well I should be sitting in an air-conditioned office in a swivel chair, talking trash to the secretary. Saying, hey now mama, come on over here. Votes: 3

There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference. Votes: 3

Lord Kane, the king acknowledgedBefore the proceedings begin, we must say how thrilled we were to meet your PMS.Uh...My what? Your personal male secretary. Votes: 3

I don't have any system. I dictate a lot, through a machine, and I also have a secretary. But I used to type just like everybody else. Votes: 3

I was the principal negotiator for the Department of Defense, when I was secretary of the Navy, on the issue of Toshiba technology concerns with American submarines. Votes: 3

Lord Kane," the king acknowledged. "Before the proceedings begin, we must say how thrilled we were to meet your PMS." Uh..."My what?" "Your personal male secretary. Votes: 3

We know darned well that in Bosnia, certain governments and the secretary had said tens of thousands are needed in Srebrenica and those people were never provided. Votes: 3

Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary. Votes: 3

Say what you will, there is something fine about our old aristocracy. I'll bet Trotsky couldn't hit a moving secretary with an egg on a dark night. Votes: 3

I get very weird and defensive about what I'm working on - I wouldn't even tell my secretary what the next page of my novel was about. Votes: 3

Hollywood typecast me as the secretary. I could have worked as the quirky secretary for the rest of my life, but I decided not to do that. Votes: 3

I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory, and I knew I had to do something remarkable. Votes: 3

In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer in any language will reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West. Votes: 3

My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers. Votes: 3

Hank Paulson, the happy capitalist warrior who spent his life pursuing and defending free markets, is now the biggest interventionist Treasury secretary we've had since the Great Depression. Votes: 3

I cannot wait to see the day that one day we will have a chef that will become the secretary of food of the United States of America. Votes: 3

Normally, I don't drink on the job, she said to Rafe, but damned if that old bastard hasn't given me a reason to start.(Sam, Graham Winters secretary) Votes: 3

I was involved in a number of efforts to take out Al Qaida leadership when I was secretary of state, including, of course, taking out [Usama] bin Laden. Votes: 3

When I became secretary of state, we had 200,000 troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I'm very grateful that we have brought home the vast majority of those. Votes: 3

I read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a bigger budget for State. Votes: 3

I fully, fully concede that Secretary Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of State for four years, has more experience - hat is not arguable - in foreign affairs. Votes: 3

If the U.N. secretary-general withdraws the inspectors from Baghdad ... this means that the secretary-general has abandoned its own responsibility in maintaining peace and security in the world. Votes: 3

I have a lot of experience dealing with classified material, starting when I was on the Senate Armed Services Committee going into the four years as secretary of state. Votes: 3

I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child in American public schools receives. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton's top priority when she became secretary of state was the Russian reset. The Russian reset. After the Russian reset, the Russians invaded Ukraine and took over Crimea. Votes: 3

I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream of being a novelist and a poet. Votes: 3

In all, the future secretary of defense and wartime vice president[, Dick Cheney,] would receive five deferments during the Vietnam War, protecting him from service during his draft-eligible years. Votes: 3

I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs. Votes: 3

[Barack Obama and Susan Rice] simply do not want any hearings on Benghazi, and they wouldn't be able to avoid it if she's up there as secretary of state. Votes: 3

In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer - in any language - would reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West. Votes: 3

The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before. Votes: 3

The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord. Vetinari looked at his secretary in surpriseWell, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one. Votes: 3

[Barack Obama and Susan Rice] simply do not want any hearings on Benghazi, and they wouldn't be able to avoid it if she's up there as secretary of state. Votes: 3

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention. Votes: 3

I said in my inaugural address that I am not the Council's secretary, nor am I the Parliament's lackey. That can sometimes lead to conflicts, which are defused through dialogue. Votes: 3

By nominating Chuck Hagel to be his Defense secretary, President Obama is putting forward an aloof contrarian who doesn't suffer fools - a striving politician who considers himself above politics. Votes: 3

You've really got to wear a chastity belt in Washington to preserve your journalistic virginity. Once the secretary of state invites you to lunch and asks your opinion, you're sunk. Votes: 3

I think what the secretary Hillary Clinton has recognized is the American people are extremely angry about the power of Wall Street, the greed, the illegal behavior of Wall Street. Votes: 3

The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one. Votes: 3

I am a woman, I am a housewife, I am a government official, I've been twice a government secretary, I've been leader of a parliamentary group, I am an economist. Votes: 3

Formerly, a public man needed a private secretary for a barrier between himself and the public. Nowadays he has a press secretary, to keep him properly in the public eye. Votes: 3

Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader. Votes: 3

Consciousness may be seen as the haughty and restless second cousin of morphology. Memory is its mistress, perception its somewhat abused wife, logic its housekeeper, and language its poorly paid secretary Votes: 3

Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II. Votes: 3

Deportation is a decision taken by the home secretary under statute, The new grounds will include fostering hatred, advocating violence to further a person's beliefs, or justifying or validating such violence. Votes: 3

One of the first things every press secretary assures you is, the boss has a wonderful sense of humor, because not to have a sense of humor is considered flagrantly un-American. Votes: 3

What would you do differently as defense secretary to compensate for this record in which the greatest military in the world, as we are constantly told, doesn't get the job done? Votes: 3

You know, one thing I've learned over 40 years is that when you have jobs in Washington, you do it day by day and that's what I'm doing as secretary of defense. Votes: 3

As shadow foreign secretary, I have been as clear in my support for the government when it does something we agree with as I am in highlighting that which we oppose. Votes: 3

I think Putin has already gotten used to the idea of Obama and his secretary of state, John Kerry, making noise - it just doesn't seem to impress Moscow at all. Votes: 3

There scotsmen must have arses like leather,for while he ate I could see naught beneath his kilts but a pair of rather large balls , the secretary told him . - philippa Votes: 3

A secretary is not a thing Wound by key, pulled by string. Her pad is to write in, And not spend the night in, If that's what you plan to enjoy. Votes: 3

As a former home secretary, I have access to and knowledge of the workings of the system in a way that individuals unfamiliar with the courts can never hope to have. Votes: 3

I'm not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm looking for my secretary because I want to know what's going on. Votes: 3

Obviously, as secretary of state, I had some of the most important secrets that we possess, such as going after bin Laden. So I am very committed to taking classified information seriously. Votes: 3

The mere fact that I'm former head of state and former under-secretary in the U.N. system, it means that I can get in touch with anybody in the world, in theory. Votes: 3

One has to get through a big pile of mail every day. I don't pass my letters on to a secretary; rather, I try to take care of all of them myself. Votes: 3

I saw the prospect of serving as labor secretary as a wonderful opportunity to further the policies that I have been fighting for my whole life, and I had to seize it. Votes: 3

I don't want my generals or my defense secretary or my national-security team to ever feel deploying weapons to kill people as routine or abstract, even if the targets are bad people. Votes: 3

I'm a writer. I could not or would not ever run a business. I don't even have a secretary. And contrary to some of the stereotypes, entrepreneurs are not loners. I am. Votes: 3

The vast majority of the people employed by Wall Street are the secretary who goes in to work on the Long Island Rail Road, who makes fifty, sixty, seventy thousand dollars a year. Votes: 3

I write every morning. Two hours. Then I take a break and become my own secretary for a few hours. If I am "hot" I write in the afternoon and at night too. Votes: 3

My husband ran off with his secretary. His male secretary. the only passion I have lately seems to center around buying a handgun. Unfortunately, I can't decide which one of us to shoot. Votes: 3

Back in 2003, when I was home secretary, I introduced the victim surcharge on offenders to substantially expand the support available and, I hoped, the protection of witnesses who were brave enough to come forward. Votes: 3

It's only when the settlement work has gone on for months that one realizes how bad things are. As our secretary said to me, your finger-nails never seem dirty until you wash your hands. Votes: 3

I think there are a lot of Americans who are very scared, scared that [Vladimir] Putin manipulated us, worried about Rex Tillerson, the winner of Russia's order of friendship as the secretary of state. Votes: 3

We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We cannot leave it to the secretary general to go cap in hand. Votes: 3

We've learned something about President-elect [Donald] Trump's choice for secretary of defense. Lawmakers in Congress intend to proper debate over whether retired General James Mattis meets a requirement for civilian control of the military. Votes: 3

And as secretary of state, I fought hard for American businesses to get a fair shot around the world and to stop underhanded trading practices like currency manipulation and the theft of intellectual property. Votes: 3

We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We cannot leave it to the secretary general to go cap in hand. Votes: 3

Playing sports has always been my greatest pleasure. I don't smoke, I hardly drink alcohol. Sports helped get me into the presidential palace. My first position in the union was that of sports secretary. Votes: 3

While she [Hillary Clinton] promotes fracking and established an office as secretary of State to promote fracking around the world. The cutting edge science now suggests fracking is every bit as bad as coal. Votes: 3

My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor. Votes: 3

There are now reports that President Obama will name Massachusetts Senator John Kerry to be the next secretary of defense. Apparently this is part of America's new defense strategy to bore our enemies to death. Votes: 3

Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming garrulousness of ordinary speech is usually corrected when it's transcribed into written prose. Votes: 3

After all the screaming in our house, there reigned, that winter on Middlesex, only silence. A silence so profound that, like the left foot of the President's secretary, it erased portions of the official record. Votes: 3

I am very glad, Anderson, that secretary Clinton discovered religion on this issue but it's a little bit too late. Secretary Clinton supported virtually every one of the disastrous trade agreements written by corporate America. Votes: 3

Michele Flournoy, by the way, is not just a talented and bright person. She was Hillary Clinton's secretary of defense in-waiting. So for her to give General [James] Mattis her support, that says something significant. Votes: 3

When I traveled as secretary of state, I was deluged with thick briefing books full of information about the politics, economy, and culture of each destination, so those took up most of my reading time. Votes: 3

I agree with the secretary [Hillary Clinton] that I think what has to happen - and let me just mention what King Abdullah of Jordan said. I think he hit the nail on the head. Votes: 3

If I pleaded guilty to a mistake while I was home secretary, it wasn't that I didn't get tough - my God, I put immigration and security officials on French soil for the first time. Votes: 3

As I've said previously as home secretary, dealing with immigration isn't just a single issue and a single measure and a single step that you take. You've got to keep working at that over time. Votes: 3

Dad was a retired chemist who, in his 60s, fathered and fed me and my two sisters while Mum worked as a secretary. He made us curries, Chinese meals and strange concoctions. He was often unsuccessful. Votes: 3

Every press secretary faces an enormous amount of information. Events move really fast. You're responsible for a tremendous amount of information, and again, a tremendous amount on competing agendas. Not everybody grease in the White House. Votes: 3

Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me.""Do you mean you want a secretary or something?""No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool. Votes: 3

When I go stand up at the podium in front of the White House press corps, I never lie. I never say something that I know is untrue. Credibility is enormously important to a press secretary. Votes: 3

What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality. Votes: 3

I don't use the computer. But my secretary does. I want to take some computer courses because I'm interested in some of the access to some of the illegal things on the Internet. I'm just kidding. Votes: 3

Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me.Do you mean you want a secretary or something?No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool. Votes: 3

When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats. Votes: 3

The Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach who helped write the immigration laws in Arizona said that [Donald] Trump's policy advisors are drafting, they're discussing drafting a proposal, to reinstate a registry for immigrants from Muslim countries. Votes: 3

I was something of a prankster. One time I put a ski mask on my head and used a fake gun on the school secretary so that I could get some of my friends out of detention. Votes: 3

When the Defense Department was established after World War II, a law said that any defense secretary with military experience must have been out of the military at least seven years. General [James] Mattis doesn't meet that. Votes: 3

I have asked the secretary of the treasury to report by April 1 on whether present tax laws may be stimulating in undue amounts the flow of American capital to the industrial countries abroad through special preferential treatment. Votes: 3

It was [Hugh's] omnipresent fear that some woman might be foisted on him who would turn out to be an adventuress and would blackmail him. This preoccupation made it almost impossible for him to engage a secretary. Votes: 3

The question is are you loyal to the agenda that [Donald] Trump, that President-elect Trump has put forward in terms of his view of the world and the person to which the secretary of state would function. Votes: 3

I lived at admiralty house from 2002 until 2006 on advice from special branch on security grounds as defence secretary. The alternative of providing comprehensive security at my personal property would have entailed significant extra costs to the taxpayer. Votes: 3

Now, you're talking about taking out ISIS. But Hillary Clinton were there, and were secretary of state when it was a little infant. Now it's in over 30 countries. And you're going to stop them? I don't think so. Votes: 3

The fact that a former senator and secretary of state claimed not to know what the letter C means is just one more example of why she is totally unfit to hold the office of president. Totally unfit. Votes: 3

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. Votes: 3

Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel's history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948. Votes: 3

Bill Clinton was for NAFTA. I heard him over in Tokyo he came out all said it was a great bill. Secretary Clinton was for it. She called it the gold standard when she was secretary of state. Votes: 3

I wish I could give you all the examples over the last two years as secretary of agriculture, where I hear people in rural America constantly being criticized, without any expression of appreciation for what they do do. Votes: 3

I would say it's more important who the treasury secretary is than who the vice president is. If you want to have a debate here, I'd like a debate between potential treasury secretaries than the vice presidential debate. Votes: 3

I find it disturbing that no member of the Senate Armed Services Committee is willing to acknowledge that record of failure and to ask our next secretary of defense what he proposes to do to amend that sorry record. Votes: 3

I bit my lip. 'Come on then, you dirty old man.' I stepped forward and smacked a kiss on Baz's lips. He looked petrified. The secretary looked horrified. I felt vindicated. 'Run along now, Daddy.' I said. Votes: 3

As secretary of state it's been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much - I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here. Votes: 3

You want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not secretary of state; I am. If you want my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I am not going to be channeling my husband. Votes: 3

If I were the treasury secretary or head of the Fed, you know, I would try to scare the hell the out of the private sector and say, you better save this because you're going down with the ship. Votes: 3

In America, one of the biggest problems we have with China is the illegal dumping of steel and aluminum into our markets. I have fought against that as a senator. I've stood up against it as secretary of state. Votes: 3

Phone service is back up and Devyn calls Issie, and then leaves to bring her over. Gram calls Mrs. Nix, the school secretary.She's a bear, Betty exclaims after she hangs up the phoneI trust her.I don't even blink. Votes: 3

Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because shes had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton has reportedly accepted Barack Obama's offer to become secretary of state. That's what they're saying in the New York Times. Yeah, according to Bill Clinton, this is the first time in 20 years that Hillary has said 'yes.' Votes: 3

To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism. Votes: 3

To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which arent in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism. Votes: 3

Doesn't anyone wonder why the NAACP does not have events celebrating the first black woman secretary of state?.. Why does an organization whose mission is to advance the lot of blacks not celebrate Clarence Thomas, our black Supreme Court justice? Votes: 3

My grandmother had great influence on me. She was secretary of state in the 1970's, and that's when I was born. She showed me the importance of public service, and she was admired by people regardless of their political party. Votes: 3

My grandmother had great influence on me. She was secretary of state in the 1970's, and that's when I was born. She showed me the importance of public service, and she was admired by people regardless of their political party. Votes: 3

We appreciate the efforts of the United States, of the president, of the secretary of state, and we are ready to find any form of talks, but we have to overcome the differences between Syria and Israel to reach peace. Votes: 3

Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN. Votes: 3

Both Bush as well as Tony Blair are undermining an idea [the United Nations]. Is this because the secretary general of the United Nations [Ghanaian Kofi Annan] is now a black man? They never did that when secretary generals were white. Votes: 3

I worked with [Hillary Clinton] for four years very closely when she was secretary of state and I was at the CIA. I provided her - personally provided her some of the most sensitive information that the Central Intelligence Agency has. Votes: 3

Even Colin Powell who was everywhere before he became secretary of state, just stopped going out. I think part of it was he didn't want to be viewed suspiciously by the other people in the White House who rarely go anywhere. Votes: 3

I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked. Votes: 3

There is something to be said for the power of figureheads. After Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, a record number of countries posted female ambassadors to the U.S. - some of whom have dubbed this 'the Hillary effect.' Votes: 3

Getting a group of rowdy, blue-collar workers together in one room and putting in a tape that shows a guy in a leisure suit putting his hand on his secretary's ass and you've got complete and total anarchy, ladies and gentleman. Votes: 3

It is completely irresponsible, if not worse, for members of the media to be calling our press secretary a liar and worse. On Twitter and Facebook and elsewhere. And in articles. That is not the way to start relationships with the press. Votes: 3

Their educations ended with high school - my father going to work as a clerk and then salesman in a company dealing in printing and stationary, and my mother working as a secretary and then bookkeeper in a firm of wool merchants. Votes: 3

If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes. Votes: 3

although the typist has disappeared, her work has not: now you do it yourself. ... Since most companies have reduced the managerial ranks, there are fewer and fewer bosses, so you become a manger, his boss, and his secretary all rolled into one. Votes: 3

Do you mean to tell me that Mr. Trevor read my letter? demanded Lady Buxted indignantlyYour secretary?I employ him to read my letters, explained his lordship.(Alverstroke)Not those written by your nearest and dearest!Oh, no, not them! he agreed. Votes: 3

In 1990, when I had just arrived in New York City as a wet-behind-the-ears 20-something girl from Arizona, I spent a year or more working as the personal secretary and secret ghostwriter to an American-born countess in her apartment on the Upper East Side. Votes: 3

There was a teapot, in which Mma Ramotswe -- the only lady private detective in Botwana -- brewed tea. And three mugs -- one for herself, one for her secretary, and one for the client. What else does a detective agency really need? Votes: 3

The former secretary of State is the nominee. She is also the Willie Sutton of classified data. And there is going to be a long-term effort of Republicans, whether it's Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, or Ted Cruz, to paint her into the corner. Votes: 3

Another scandal for Hillary Clinton - they're saying she used a private email address when she was secretary of state, which means the government couldn't archive and preserve her emails. Then Obama said, 'Don't worry, we saw them. We see everyone's emails.' Votes: 3

One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason. Votes: 3

Well, if you're looking for me to lead a normal representative life, well good luck finding a foreign secretary who'd be like that - totally dependant on the political system and has never earned any money. Then you'll get the politicians you deserve. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton is the secretary of state who knows how to build alliances. She built the sanctions regime around the world that stopped the Iranian nuclear weapons program. And that's what an intelligence surge means, better skill and capacity, but also about our alliances. Votes: 3

Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from the running to be the next secretary of state. The thing is, she was never nominated. I think this whole thing has been a giant distraction. I think [Barack] Obama wanted somebody else in there all along. Votes: 3

Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from the running to be the next secretary of state. The thing is, she was never nominated. I think this whole thing has been a giant distraction. I think [Barack] Obama wanted somebody else in there all along. Votes: 3

I play David Hasselhoff's secretary and she gets around a bit - it's quite a role. I end up in bed with Adam Sandler, It's so surreal it's hysterical . . I'm so excited. This is the biggest thing I have ever done, there's no comparison. Votes: 3

The president of the United States and the secretary of defense would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction if it was not true, and if they did not have a solid basis for saying it. Votes: 3

I am a former newspaper reporter turned church secretary turned vampire novelist. I wrote my first complete novel, 'Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs,' at night while I was working as the receptionist for a Baptist church. That was an interesting conversation with the pastor. Votes: 3

I was shadow health secretary for six years, and the beauty of being in opposition - if there is any beauty - is that you tend to get a pretty unvarnished view because no one bothers to paint the coal white before you turn up. Votes: 3

Who were these people, these specially selected tenants? They were mothers and fathers and children. A dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge. And, oh yes, one was a bookie, one was a burglar, one was a bomber, and one was a mistake. Votes: 3

Since I walked in the door as secretary of energy, I've been doing everything in our powers to do what we can to reduce these gas prices. ... So, of course we don't want the price of gasoline to go up; we want it to go down. Votes: 3

In the first speech I delivered as health secretary, I made one thing perfectly clear: we need a cultural shift in the NHS: from a culture responsive mainly to orders from the top down to one responsive to patients, in which patient safety is put first. Votes: 3

I'm exceptionally email un-savvy, so to reply to my emails is like a torture. It's like literally, half of all my emails, I get my secretary to type out for me. And the personal ones, I avoid and just pick up the phone and call them. Votes: 3

I was working as a secretary in Manchester and thought I would always do that. Then I got this letter offering me a two-year fellowship where I could write; they would pay me a salary and give me a flat to live in. It was heaven. Votes: 3

The biggest challenge of being the press secretary is trying to be aware of all of the things that are happening, both around the world but also here at home and in politics, and trying to absorb all of that information as quickly as I can. Votes: 3

I really like to be by myself and if I do go out to look around, I dress in jeans. My secretary is constantly telling me to dress up, shave and look your best because people know you. That bothers me. I just want to be natural. Votes: 3

There, I was just a secretary-shaped confederation of atoms, fighting the inevitability of mediocrity and decay. But here, in the Juliaverse... energy was never lost, merely converted from one form to another. Here, I took butter and cream and meat and eggs and I made delicious sustenance. Votes: 3

During my years as a press secretary, I developed a powerful internal filter, which worked to strip all things 'off message' from my thoughts before they came out of my mouth. It didn't always work, of course, and I said more than a few things I regretted. Votes: 3

I literally didn't know my father. My mother had been a secretary, and after she and my father split, she went back to work for an advertising executive. So my older brother and I were "latch-door kids." We went home for lunch and after school by ourselves. Votes: 3

I think that [John Kelly] will bring law and order. And what I'm hoping for with this is that the restoration of the rule of law, especially with regard to immigration, that is the main principle that needs to be driven by the secretary of homeland security. Votes: 3

You don't do that while you're being paid by taxpayers to do a very difficult and full-time job, and you also do not bring Clinton Foundation interests into the domain of the secretary of state, and you do not give preferred access to your own personal clients. Votes: 3

[Ben Carson] critics say that your inexperience shows. You've suggested that the Baltic States are not a part of NATO, you were unfamiliar with the major political parties and government in Israel, and domestically, you thought Alan Greenspan had been treasury secretary instead of federal reserve chair. Votes: 3

My secretary stopped and got gas (Wednesday) for $2.67. (Yesterday at) the same gas station, she got gas again. It was $3.12, ... It has really gotten very, very restrictive to people. It's really hurting. ... My impression, of course, is that they have certainly gone up more than they should have. Votes: 3

You as the press secretary have to protect the president's interests and the White House's interests more broadly. And a lot of people inside the White House, as you learned, sometimes with painful experience, have competing agendas, have differing points of view, have priorities they're trying to protect. Votes: 3

In your telephone call, you [Malcolm Turnbull]said that neither you nor the Cabinet would be supporting my nomination. When I asked the reasons for this, you said that neither you nor the Cabinet has the view that I had the qualifications for the position [of UN's secretary-general]. Votes: 3

I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and - you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows - (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday, Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton has that, a passion to empower families and kids, and a desire to measure health of society by how families and kids are doing. You can see this from her service as a lawyer, first lady of Arkansas, and United States senator, and secretary of state. Votes: 3

It's lifestyle music. It's not like some secretary who likes some pop song, but can't name who the band is; whereas a heavy metal fan is into every aspect of it. We'll see if rap holds up to that. Run-DMC seemed to be the Led Zeppelin of rap. Votes: 3

I think wherever we can cooperate with Russia, that's fine. And I did as secretary of state. That's how we got a treaty reducing nuclear weapons. It's how we got the sanctions on Iran that put a lid on the Iranian nuclear program without firing a single shot. Votes: 3

It's just like we do over here in America, right? It's amazing that we have presidents over here do the same thing, right? It's amazing that Bill Clinton could do one thing and have sex with his secretary and really get away with it and still be powerful. Votes: 3

I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government. Votes: 3

From the pastor who has an affair with his secretary, to the jerk at the office who happens to be a deacon, to the overbearing boss who can't miss his Monday night Bible study, Christians today cause more problems for the gospel than all the devil's demons put together. Votes: 3

Is he a sophomore? Lydia saysPlease tell me he's in our grade.I don't know, I sayBut weren't you there when he came to the office? Peyton says.The secretary didn't get out her bullhorn and announce what grade he's in. She just took him to meet Headmaster Perkins. Votes: 3

I was always amused that people were either skeptical or surprised that I would choose a Hillary Clinton as a secretary of state. To my mind, having somebody smart, tough, capable with her own stature, who could travel around the world and command the stage, was a huge asset. Votes: 3

As a former U.S. attorney general under President Reagan, and a former Ohio secretary of state, we would like to say something that might strike some as obvious: Those who oppose photo voter-ID laws and other election-integrity reforms are intent on making it easier to commit vote fraud. Votes: 3

Since when do grown men and women, who presume to hold high government office and exercise what they think of as "moral leadership," require ethics officers to tell them whether it is or isn't permissible to grab the secretary's behind or redirect public funds to their own personal advantage? Votes: 3

When I was about forty-three years of age, I had a private secretary with a beautiful baritone voice. I told him I would give anything in the world if I could only carry a tune. He laughed and said, 'Anybody who has a voice and perseverance can sing.' Votes: 3

No, I can tell you one of the first things that happens to a home secretary when they arrive in the job is that they are given a briefing about the security matters that they will be dealing with and I deal with security matters on a daily basis. Votes: 3

There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary. Votes: 2

I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege. Votes: 2

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion. Votes: 2

I talk a great deal to prior Secretaries of State about policy issues. Votes: 2

The American education system couldn't be more badly directed or poorly funded if the Secretary of Education were Ed Wood. Votes: 2

Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning. Votes: 2

Hillary Clinton was the worst Secretary of State in the history of the country. The world came apart under her reign as Secretary of State. Votes: 2

Eighty percent of the problems that beset unification immediately disappeared when the President signed the bill increasing the authority and the responsibility of the Secretary of Defense. Votes: 2

One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries. Votes: 2

The people of Britain want a Home Secretary who will give them back their streets. They want a Home Secretary who will speak up for the victim, not the criminal. Votes: 2

Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids' tried to micro-manage the Vietnam war, with disastrous results. Votes: 2

The Secretary of Hygiene or Physical Culture will be far more important in the cabinet of the President of the United States who holds office in the year 2035 than the Secretary of War. Votes: 2

John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place Cambodia under the protection of the South East Asia Treaty Organization. Votes: 2

I still remember March 31, 1981, when a deeply disturbed John Hinckley Jr. took aim at President Ronald Reagan and fired shots that hospitalized the Commander-in-Chief and two others, and left his Press Secretary James Brady paralyzed for life. Votes: 2

President Obama and Secretary Duncan have made stronger teacher evaluation a key part of their education reform efforts. Under their signature plan, called 'Race to the Top,' states can win federal support for schools by improving teacher evaluations. Votes: 2

I've noticed that a lot of people, subsequently, when they introduce me are very careful not to say the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt. A lot more people are saying Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport. Votes: 2

I have here in my hand a list of two hundred and five people that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department. Votes: 2

I'm proud to be Secretary of Labor. But I'm even prouder of two more important titles: dad and husband. I've been able to be all three. I want all working people, no matter what their jobs are, to be able to meet their obligations both at work and at home. Votes: 2

I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, 'So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.' Most of her lifetime, it's true. But at the time it really was a big deal. Votes: 2

I fully support U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his Global Education First Initiative and the work of U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown and the respectful president of the U.N. General Assembly Vuk Jeremic. I thank them for the leadership they continue to give. Votes: 2

I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education. Votes: 2

When I joined Bill Clinton's start-up presidential campaign in 1991, I was confident that women would play an ever more important role, but I never gave a minute's thought to what would happen if we won. When we did - and I became the first woman to serve as White House press secretary - it changed my life. But it didn't change the world. Votes: 2

Let a Secretary of Peace be appointed. Votes: 0

Secretary Clinton is perfectly capable of defending her own service in office. Votes: 0

I have great respect for President Bush, Secretary Powell and Secretary Ridge. Votes: 0

We have no leadership. And honestly, that starts with Secretary [Hillary] Clinton. Votes: 0

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal. Votes: 0

I have known Secretary [Hillary] Clinton for 25 years and respect her very much. Votes: 0

Secretary of State, maybe they [Republicans] would consider Steve Hadley for that job. Votes: 0

I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me. Votes: 0

I am the Secretary of Secrecy. I've got filing cabinets and safe's full of Shh! Votes: 0

At least some of us need to be very careful in running to coronating Secretary Clinton. Votes: 0

Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers. Votes: 0

Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning. Votes: 0

The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton's exposed more of our top secret documents than any Secretary of State in history. Votes: 0

I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers. Votes: 0

I had no difficulty as Secretary of Defense moving from the Bush administration to the Obama administration. Votes: 0

I supported Israel 100 percent as a senator for 28 years and I've supported it 100 percent as Secretary of State. Votes: 0

After 'Secretary,' I was wanting very badly to find something to make that I really cared about. Votes: 0

I am neither frustrated nor planning anything other than being the best Secretary of State I could be. Votes: 0

But I made him the Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security because that added an element of political espionage. Votes: 0

During the Koizumi administration, I served as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary as well as the Chief Cabinet Secretary. Votes: 0

In all fairness to Secretary [Hillary] Clinton I want you to be very happy. It's very important to me. Votes: 0

She'd fallen for him. How stupid. Secretary falls in love with her boss. What a tepid thing to do. Votes: 0

Secretary [John] Kerry has called Civil War [in Syria] an unbelievably small war that we're going to get involved with. Votes: 0

I think the hardest part [is] the priorities. There are an awful lot of things to do [being Secretary of State]. Votes: 0

For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice. Votes: 0

I was Minister for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence for two years prior to being appointed Defence Secretary. Votes: 0

And I'm supposed to believe that Reagan was a great leader? This is who he chose as the Secretary of Education... Votes: 0

While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans' respect and gratitude for his many years of public service. Votes: 0

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar turned out to be all hat and no cattle with his sorry oversight of the Minerals Management Service. Votes: 0

In her first game of high-stakes diplomatic poker, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is leaving the table dressed only in a barrel. Votes: 0

I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel Secretary of State visit to Moscow) Votes: 0

I congratulate Secretary [Hillary] Clinton on her victory. But, I think, for us, that is about as bad as it's going to get. Votes: 0

Such a closely divided election; Secretary [Hillary] Clinton won the popular votes.Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin - about 112,000 votes separated the two candidates as well. Votes: 0

Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby. Votes: 0

Rudolph Giuliani will be the first Secretary of State whose last public office was mayor, the most thoroughly domestic public office that we have. Votes: 0

The FBI background check would show that Rudolph Giuliani had an out-of-control affair with his Press Secretary while he was mayor of New York. Votes: 0

One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled into an assessment of Lincoln that, His confidence and compassion increase every day. Votes: 0

On Foreign Secretary Robin Cook: If a man cannot keep a measly affair secret, what is he doing in charge of the Intelligence Service? Votes: 0

John Kerry knows more about more subjects than an awful lot of people. But I think it's a very hard job [Secretary of State]. Votes: 0

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said this week there's a good chance we never get bin Laden. bin Laden! We couldn't even get O.J.! Votes: 0

As Secretary of Housing, I do have to express alarm, signal the alarm if you will, that the potential for homelessness to grow is there. Votes: 0

Today Secretary of State John Kerry visited the small African nation of Djibouti. Or to use the official diplomatic term, he made a Djibouti call. Votes: 0

I was driven from my position as Interior Secretary, not because of my environmental record, but because of my Christian beliefs. That's the real struggle. Votes: 0

António Guterres role as Secretary-General in bringing all powers together is very essential` and we hope he can succeed, it's not easy of course. Votes: 0

In fact, during her [Hillary Clinton] tenure as Secretary of State, total arms exports from the United States in terms of the dollar value, doubled. Votes: 0

I would not have imagined being asked to be Secretary of State, it was a great honor to serve with President Obama in his cabinet. Votes: 0

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. Votes: 0

[If Donald Trump does get elected, I will be] probably Secretary Of Reeducation. Or I don't know. I'll probably end up working in the cafeteria. Votes: 0

Were I to be appointed Secretary of Education, I'd issue a prospectus for a compulsory nationwide high school course called 'The American Experience in Art.' Votes: 0

Sir Alec Douglas-Home, when he was British Foreign Secretary, said he received the following telegram from an irate citizen: "To hell with you. Offensive letter follows." Votes: 0

Under President Obama and Secretary Clinton, they're working hard to change the American dream into the European nightmare. They do celebrate more dependence on the government. Votes: 0

The rumored frontrunner for [Donald] Trump`s Secretary of State is former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani who of course has no foreign policy experience. Votes: 0

I know President Obama and Secretary Clinton are committed to bringing America together. This needs to be a time of redemption, not a time of recrimination. Votes: 0

As far as the cyber, I agree to parts of what Secretary [Hillary] Clinton said. We should be better than anybody else, and perhaps we're not. Votes: 0

My job as Labour Home Secretary is to ensure people are prepared to listen to us when we take on our opponents across the political spectrum. Votes: 0

My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State, [but] I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now Votes: 0

I was the Secretary of State of New Jersey in November 2000. I paid careful attention to the challenges that stemmed from inadequate voting systems in various places. Votes: 0

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country. Votes: 0

It is not for the State Department or even the Secretary of State to say when and how the resources of the American people will be spent. Votes: 0

What I found when I became Secretary of State was a lot of doubts and a lot of concerns and fears from friends, allies, around the world. Votes: 0

Senator Jeff Sessions is reportedly on the [Donald] Trump shortlist to be either the next Secretary of Defense or the next Attorney General of the United States. Votes: 0

President Bush has had an outstanding Secretary of State in Colin Powell and there are not many people who could replace him, making Condoleezza Rice an excellent choice. Votes: 0

I see bright kids trapped in public schools that are just warehousing them. As an educator this makes me scared. As Secretary of State, this makes me terrified. Votes: 0

As Development Secretary, I have seen in the developing world that climate change there is not a theory, is not a future threat: it is a contemporary crisis. Votes: 0

If the basis of trust between the Prime Minister and her Defence Secretary no longer exists, there is no place for me with honour in such a Cabinet. Votes: 0

I was with the U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the day that Srebrenica fell, which happened to be a huge historical turning point in the Bosnian war. Votes: 0

Kofi Annan was the U.N. Under-Secretary General for peacekeeping operations. He had the responsibilities in regards to the mounting and operation of peacekeeping missions around the world. Votes: 0

To me, political office should be like jury duty. You should just get a notice in mail one day and be like, I'm Secretary of State next month! Votes: 0

In college, I was a fiercely committed Democrat - a meeting with Jack Kemp, then Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, challenged my blind partisanship. Votes: 0

Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House. Votes: 0

And we will win the war, and there will be costs. But the military folks understand that, and so do I, and so does the Secretary of Defense. Votes: 0

President Bush has had an outstanding Secretary of State in Colin Powell and there are not many people who could replace him, making Condoleezza Rice an excellent choice. Votes: 0

We do assess that hostile actors gained access to the private commercial email accounts of people with whom Secretary Hillary Clinton was in regular contact from her personal account. Votes: 0

The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Votes: 0

I look forward to strengthening the U.S.-U.N. partnership and working closely with Secretary of State Kerry towards our shared goals of peace, development, and human rights. Votes: 0

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most influential woman in Washington - for what she has accomplished and for what she may yet do: win the presidency. Votes: 0

When Secretary [Hillary] Clinton talks about people that didn't get paid, first of all, they did get paid a lot, but taken advantage of the laws of the nation. Votes: 0

My objective as Secretary of Labor is to look through the 'glass ceiling' to see who is on the other side, and to serve as a catalyst for change . . . . Votes: 0

[John Kerry] actually stole my line because when I became Secretary of State, I said, 'I hope my heels will fill Warren Christopher's shoes.' So he reversed that. Votes: 0

I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, but you're talking about a lot of other complicated things. Votes: 0

I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest; it's just that I had never seen a Secretary of State in a skirt. Votes: 0

You [Hillary Clinton] go to New England, you go to Ohio, Pennsylvania, you go anywhere you want, Secretary Clinton, and you will see devastation where manufacture is down 30, 40, sometimes 50 percent. Votes: 0

I consider it my patriotic duty as an ordinary citizen - not as Secretary of State - to ask questions. I think we have to ask ourselves the tough questions. Votes: 0

Comrade Stalin, having become Secretary-General, has unlimited authority concentrated in his hands, and I am not sure whether he will always be capable of using that authority with sufficient caution. Votes: 0

I didn't know you were Catholic. (to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he got down on one knee to beg Pelosi to find Democratic support for the bailout bill)-2008 Votes: 0

I was going to say we saw Secretary [Hillary] Clinton reported that she believes that she would've won the election but for the interference of the FBI director James Comey. Votes: 0

This is a huge decision [to choose advisers and Secretary of State]. This is where he [Donald Trump] has the least experience and will have to rely on people with experience. Votes: 0

If, after the election, you find a Cy Vance as Secretary of State and a Zbigniew Brzezinski as head of National Security, then I would say we failed. And I'd quit. Votes: 0

I take very seriously my responsibility as Secretary-General to make sure that the United Nations is doing everything it can to uphold the universal prohibition on the use of chemical weapons. Votes: 0

The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs. Votes: 0

University of California students can look forward to the same authoritarian management style Secretary Napolitano brought to the Department of Homeland Security, hardly a bastion of free speech and open government. Votes: 0

Rudy Giuliani is on the list [of Secretary of State ] not because of competence, not because of foreign policy experience, he`s on most entirely because of loyalty to Donald Trump. Votes: 0

Secretary Rumsfeld used to represent parts of our district in the 1960s. I think that he and his team have done a masterful job in defeating Iraqi forces quickly and decisively." Votes: 0

Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example. Votes: 0

Secretary Rumsfeld used to represent parts of our district in the 1960s. I think that he and his team have done a masterful job in defeating Iraqi forces quickly and decisively. Votes: 0

I have to say, that I am delighted that Secretary [Hillary] Clinton month after month after month seems to be adopting more and more of the positions that we have advocated. Votes: 0

I also think we have got other great choices to make. The conclusion has not been made. There's no announcement that's coming today, as far as Secretary of State is concerned. Votes: 0

I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were sharply cut, quickly found that out. Votes: 0

According to Washington insiders, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan could be the next official to leave the Bush administration. McClellan says he'd like to spend more time lying for his family Votes: 0

Personally, having, you know, lived and worked in the White House, having been a senator, having been Secretary of State, there has traditionally been a great pool of very talented, hard-working people. Votes: 0

If in the words which the Secretary of State has just used, the use of a nuclear weapon is to be avoided 'at all costs'. what is the point of having one? Votes: 0

The interesting part is, that being the United States Secretary of State, most places I went didn't have a problem with me being a woman, because I was representing the United States. Votes: 0

In a new interview, Secretary of State Colin Powell repeated that the U.S. has no plans to attack Syria or Iran. After hearing this Donald Rumsfeld responded, 'Like he'd know.' Votes: 0

State Department lawyers need to have the evidence to back up the charge before they make it. Here's Nebraska Republican Jeff Fortenberry questioning Assistant Secretary of State Anne Patterson at a House. Votes: 0

Egypt is in the second day of angry street protests. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling for calm. Because nothing calms an enraged Arab country like a powerful woman ordering it around. Votes: 0

The disquieting thing about newscaster-babble or editorial-speak is its ready availability as a serf idiom, a vernacular of deference. "Mr. Secretary, are we any nearer to bringing about a dialogue in this process ? Votes: 0

From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless. Votes: 0

Secretary Clinton doesn't want to use a couple of words, and that's law and order. And we need law and order. If we don't have it, we're not going to have a country. Votes: 0

Secretary of State Clinton dared Iran on Monday to let her hold a town hall meeting in Tehran. That's telling 'em. If the ayatollahs had a sense of humor, they'd call her bluff. Votes: 0

New Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that he is open to letting transgender people serve in the military. He said there's no reason to prevent people from being generals just because of their privates. Votes: 0

Utilitarianism: If we Britiash were Utilitarians we would have to believe that imprisoning the innocent and torturing suspects was justified if the Home Secretary thought it a good thing for our peace of mind. Votes: 0

I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present. Votes: 0

I agree completely with Secretary Colin Powell, who said today this is an absurdity. And so I think the American people will know it's an absurdity. I have absolutely no concerns about it whatsoever. Votes: 0

We took an approach, supported by the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Mayor for London, that we had very real fears of violence and damage being caused across the streets of London. Votes: 0

I asked Secretary [Robert] Gates, what did they get in return for giving up the nuclear shield of Poland and the Czech Republic? And you know what his answer was? Nada. They got nothing. Votes: 0

But when you look - and Chicago's not the only - you go to Ferguson, you go to so many different places. You need better relationships. I agree with Secretary [Hillary] Clinton on this. Votes: 0

I was with Ted Turner when he came to see Kofi Annan - the Secretary-General of the UN - to announce his decision to put $1 billion to the service of UN projects and programs. Votes: 0

I don't think you have to go out and become Secretary of State or be Bono but I think it's to let people know that whatever they do in their life that that's good. Votes: 0

Democrats are committed to mapping a new direction in Iraq, and we will work with the President and the new Defense Secretary to ensure that the will of the American people guides our future actions. Votes: 0

Sounds good, doesn't work. Never going to happen. Our country is suffering because people like Secretary [Hillary] Clinton have made such bad decisions in terms of our jobs and in terms of what's going on. Votes: 0

FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White House after he died. But he could choose good men. Votes: 0

Secretary Clinton and I have worked well together, but the Arab Spring is a different question... This administration, collectively, made some very bad decisions, and they now have to climb out of a deep hole. Votes: 0

What the Secretary of Agriculture is trying to do is to teach the farmer corn acreage control, and the hogs birth control, and one is just as hard to make understand it as the other. Votes: 0

We owe $20 trillion, and we're a mess. And we've spent $6 trillion in the Middle East, according to a report that I just saw.And it's politicians like Secretary [Hillary] Clinton that have caused this problem. Votes: 0

You do not export democracy through the Defense Department or the Defense Secretary. You do it through trade agreements, through the Department of Commerce and favorable agreements with our friends and neighbors across the globe. Votes: 0