George H. W. Bush Quotes
I'm not going to be their spear catcher for the rest of this year.
George H. W. Bush, 1993
Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations
At the beginning of the Job Corps, a number of academics and urban political figures were very critical of taking young men from the cities and brining them to rural centers in National Parks and Forests for basic education and work training. It was decided that instead of Sargent Shriver the Head of the Anti Poverty Program or Otis Singletary, the Jobe Corps Director, Eigen would give a major presentation at an academic conference ammouncing the scale and scope of the planned program. If the objection was too great, Singletary and Shriver could say that Eigen was just proposing his ideas that were under consideration but they had not reached a decision and Eigen did not prepresent the views of the administration. Fortunately he handled the critics well and was persuasive enough to oftain the support of many of the Conference attendees, and the Newspaper accounts were very favorible, so what Eigen said was the official policy and design of the Job Corps program which, with Head Start, were the only two programs for the War on Poverty that still opperated 60 years thereafter. Eigen told this story in a Primer he wrote for new Federal appointees who most often have little or no understanding of the operations of the Federal Government.
The import is that if the two are in conflict you should sacrifice your life to do your duty.
Discussing alleged meager compensation for public service:
He was criticized by the right wing extremists of the Repuplican Party for serving a Democratic President (Obama) as Ambassador to China. He was the most qualified person for the job as he was an experienced politician, spoke Chinese fluently and was very knowledgeable about Chinese culture and history. The President had asked him rather than many people of his own party. Huntsman’s quotation is probably the most patriotic and eloquent statement of national service ever made.
President Eisenhower had suffered a small stroke in 1957. Neither he nor his staff were sure of the medical prognosis:
- Born: June 12, 1924
- Died: November 30, 2018
- Nationality: American
- Profession: President
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American politician, diplomat and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, Bush also served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and as Director of Central Intelligence.
