Ari Fleischer Quotes on Politics (7 Quotes)

The president believes that the Olympics are a sporting event, not a political event. But having said that, this now is an opportunity for China to showcase itself as a modern nation.

After successfully knocking out as many military votes as they could find, the Democrats don't like the criticism they are receiving, so they've issued a political press release that has no legal impact. They accomplished their mission and now they're running for cover. They never should have targeted our nation's servicemen and women in the first place.

focus on political solutions to get you through the night.

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.

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.

He will talk about and connect some of the things he learned growing up -- the values of Midland, the types of things he learned that have made him who he is today -- and what those mean for the future of how he will govern and for the presidency.

I'm not going to discuss the trip from a political point of view, because that's not the purpose of the trip. She's going because she's concerned about the humanitarian crisis and wants to personally assess the role of the United States should and could play.