Munir Butt (1940–2015) British diplomat
Speaking about Bill Clinton, Source: The Times, 1997.
Source: The Biggest Secret, 1998
Munir Butt (1940–2015) British diplomat
Speaking about Bill Clinton, Source: The Times, 1997.
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
“You know, of all the songs I have ever sung, that is the one I've had the most requests not to.”
Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician
Afterword to "I Hold Your Hand In Mine"
Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist
Source: "Quotes", Notebooks and Lectures on the Bible and Other Religious Texts (2003), p. 209
John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States
As quoted in "Romney guru thrives in political 'show business'" https://web.archive.org/web/20060307070315/http://www.boston.com:80/news/politics/president/articles/2005/06/12/romney_guru_thrives_in_political_show_business/?page=full (12 June 2005), by Brian C. Mooney, The Boston Globe <br class="br">2000s, 2005
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Comment to reporters on having become president the day before, after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, (13 April 1945) as quoted in Conflict and Crisis : The Presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1945-1948 by Robert J. Donovan, p. 17; also quoted in "Thoughts Of A President, 1945" at Eyewitness to History http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tru.htm, and TIME magazine (12 April1968) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838136-9,00.html
“Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher