Ari Fleischer Quotes (327 Quotes)

... It will be about threats to our freedom. It will be about threats coming from terrorism, and it will be about defending, preserving and extending the peace. And I think you'll find it a newsy speech.

Cuba is an old-fashioned totalitarian country. It is not reforming, it is not engaging in economic progress where the people benefit from trade. It uses trade to prop itself up.

The three-year commitment has been kept.

The president thinks the ICC is fundamentally flawed because it puts American servicemen and women at fundamental risk of being tried by an entity that is beyond America's reach, beyond America's laws and can subject American civilian and military to arbitrary standards of justice.

Iraq possesses weapons they said they were not in possession of.

I can assure you that if any of these meetings are set up, we hope the members of Congress will show up. There's often an issue where people go up to the Hill to brief, and very few members of Congress even show up.

They have weapons of mass destruction. That is what this war was about.

the president respects the decision...it was made on the merits by the board based on the extensive financial information available to them and based on the criteria that were established in the law.

The president has said before that he is patient, the American people are patient, and he is confident that in time we will find this.

The local law enforcement officials will tell you they think the cooperation they've got has been very helpful and that the entire endeavor is operating as best as it can under what's obviously very trying circumstances for all,

The president is interested in results, and the president will be looking to make certain that Chairman Arafat takes enduring, real and meaningful actions so the terrorists who are trying to interrupt the peace process in the Middle East cannot be successful.

The president will continue to work in concert with our allies. And the fact of the matter is diplomacy -- often the best diplomacy -- takes time. And that is something the president will continue to pursue.

There are acceptable standards of behavior that the world and certainly the free Iraqi people hope will be followed by its neighbors, including Syria, ... and part of that is not to harbor Iraqi leaders.

This is a very important issue of great concern. This is traumatic for the families and the communities that have been affected and it's scary.

The American people are going to give the President a second look here in his sixth year because hes engineering these changes. Thats helpful. He needs the country to give him a second look.

The Democratic National Committee has returned more illegal money than most Republicans raise in any one year, so it's rather odd for them to launch fund-raising criticisms.

once again shows why the vice president has a problem with credibility.

The president said he understood he was never in any danger. He kept up what he was in the middle of.

The president remains very concerned about the potential for a jobless recovery. And this is why he calls on Congress to act as quickly as Congress can to pass a job-creating initiative that stimulates the economy and provides greater growth not only for this year, but into the future.

has neither asked for nor sought a pardon, and we take him at his word.

I think those types of statements contribute to the coarsening of the tone in Washington, D.C., ... The whole issue of land use in the West is one of the most polarizing issues in America, and it pits special interests against each other.

We have real and credible information that the airplane that landed at the Pentagon was originally intended for the White House.

I don't think that either nation wants to have a repeat of an incident like this, and that means flying differently.

Both nations have to make a determined choice about the future of their relations,

I think he's now testing whether enough time and bitterness have passed since the parties, and the country, were so deeply split during the 2004 campaign. My believe is he wants to make such meetings worthwhile again.

When you look at the shape the economy is in today, it remains just as important as ever for taxes to be cut this year.

As far as personal campaigning appearances, that's something that the president would always decide about whether or not the time is right for him to campaign and to play a more active, visible part in politics. But, clearly, the president does understand and believes that politics is an ongoing part of democracy whether the time is of war or peace.

As you can imagine, any time there is any calendar-driven deadline, some actions can fall before it, some after it, ... And even though they are allowed to pay it later, they choose not to. For them, it's just a short number of days, really, that's a difference.

The Senate was right to reject what in large measure was nothing more than a Democrat spending proposal. The package fails in its basic purpose to stimulate the economy.

has made clear ... to Chairman Arafat that when they arrest people, they need to keep them detained.

If it goes on for even a short period of time, it's a problem for the economy.

The president was never in any danger.

He told these leaders that he valued their opinion. The president stressed that Saddam Hussein is a threat and that the United States was going to work together with the world to make the world more peaceful, and we welcome their role and their involvement.

Nothing new. Nothing original. More rhetoric by a regime that is losing its grip on power.

We like street theater.

Elizabeth Dole has an appeal to all voters. She's one of the few people in the business who is liked by all wings of the party and independent voters. She is one of the few people who, when she makes an endorsement, it can move people.

He walks his dogs in the evening, ... He's been running almost every day, and he's establishing a routine. He's up usually at about 545, gets into the Oval Office typically between 7 o'clock in the morning and 715 in the morning. So his routine is established, and I think he's enjoying White House life.

I think it goes without saying that it's going to be easier to make progress on the political front if the violence is reduced. And so it makes sense that both are important. But the focus has got to be, in the president's opinion, on reducing the violence, to make the political talks more fruitful.

If there was more, we would be providing it, ... That is how to prevent terrorism.

And if each party focuses on what they need to do, it'll make it easier for peace to be brought to the region.

the worst enemies of not only the people of Israel who seek peace, but also of the Palestinian people and their hope for a better life.

I'm not aware of anybody in the White House who discussed Enron's financial situation.

Taking somebody who is in a moment of need into your home is an act of compassion. It's called kindness.

The president believes that this is a problem that can be and should be addressed by Californians. And he wants to be helpful to California to help them to find their own solution.

The reserves are meant for times of emergency.

The Michigan case is particularly important because it could potentially lead to a definition across the nation about what standards are allowable in terms of society dealing with questions about admissions and race. These are issues that are terribly important to all people in the United States, black and white and all Americans.

The manner in which Air Force One operated maintained the security of Air Force One at all times.

I was halfway through and just getting to the poignant part, ... I had them in the palm of my hand.

The president always prefers to follow the usual process, and the president always prefers for the Senate to honor its responsibilities, ... He does have the right to make recess appointments. If he decides to avail himself of it, we'll keep you posted.

That's where the president is focused. Individuals are free to focus on any one person if they think that's the best way to conduct foreign policy. That's a different approach than the president has.