112 Quotes by John Dickerson

The Chinese, our allies, have been allies with North Korea.

When Barack Obama was asked about his lack of executive experience in 2008, he pointed to his successful campaign as proof he could manage the presidency.

The walls of our upstairs hallway testify that we once had photogenic children. There are rows of framed pictures that show them playing baseball, basketball, holding a toad, and smiling in the sunlight at their eager parents. Everything is orderly and bright.

Presidents have to learn how to adapt. Every president comes into the job; it's different than they expect. They must adapt.

A picture excites the love of parenting that comes through meditation on a child.

People out there with pre-existing conditions, they are worried. Are they going to have the guarantee of coverage if they have a pre-existing condition or if they live in a state where the governor decides that's not a part of the health care, or that the prices are going to go up? That's the worry.

In order for a president to be transformational, the old order has to fall as the orthodoxies that kept it in power exhaust themselves.

In the 2012 campaign, the president successfully transformed the most intense conservative positions into liabilities on immigration and the role of government.

My instincts for asking questions is to press but not to be a jerk about it.