Rahm Emanuel Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.”

“In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.”

“I wake up some mornings hating me too.”

“When President Obama entered the White House, the economy was in a free-fall. The auto industry: on its back. The banks: frozen up. More than three million Americans had already lost their jobs. And America's bravest, our men and women in uniform, were fighting what would soon be the longest wars in our history.”

“I saw the president make the tough calls in the Situation Room - and today, our troops in Iraq have finally come home so America can do some nation building here at home. That was the change that we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.”

“As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that's how we get judged by our colleagues and that's how we get judged by the good lord.”

“There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.”

“We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.”

“Because of the president's leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.”

“The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.”