MSNBC's O'Donnell: Liberal House Dems "already compromised enormously" by giving up single payer, backing public option

* There ought to be limits to freedom.
o News conference (May 21, 1999); also quoted in "Satirical Web Site Poses Political Test", Washington Post (November 29, 1999)

A Classic Orwell:
* I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
o Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. (June 18, 2002)

Considering later events:
* I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information. If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it.
o Source: October 1, 2003, Suntimes.com (see also July 18, 2005)
* Sometimes we must fight terror with tyranny. Press Conference (November 7, 2007 press conference, talking about Pakistan)
* And yes, I'm aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved.... I told the country we did that. And I also told them it was legal. We had legal opinions that enabled us to do it.
o In an interview regarding his awareness that his top national security advisors had discussed the details of harsh interrogation tactics to be used on detainees (April 11, 2008)
* Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It's just a goddamned piece of paper!
o Remarks during an oval office meeting (November 2005), attributed in Doug Thompson (2000-12-10), The Rant: Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'," Capitol Hill Blue. Thompson claims to have contacted three unidentified people who attended the meeting for verification. Thompson acknowledges that he has often written reports without authenticating his sources and has ended up retracting many of them, but he stands by this particular report.[101]