Karen Hughes Quotes

• Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly runs for the president, and then becomes the president.

  Karen Hughes

• We have to worry about protecting the Constitution.

  Karen Hughes

• Unfortunately, you know, working in a spirit of cooperation and respect requires someone else to reach back, and I don’t think that’s happened and it’s been disappointing because the debate in our country has become so rancorous.

  Karen Hughes

• The travel and tourism industry, it’s just a huge part of our economy.

  Karen Hughes

• The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him.

  Karen Hughes

• The facts are on our side.

  Karen Hughes

• Now, I am completely independent – I earn my living by speaking and writing.

  Karen Hughes

• In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that under the Constitution she believed that I could never run for president.

  Karen Hughes

• I’m also working with Mrs. Bush on some education projects in Afghanistan, so I get to see her a great deal.

  Karen Hughes

• I never dreamed I would one day work at it White House.

  Karen Hughes

• I can’t imagine anyone who doesn’t think the world is safer without a tyrant who murdered his own people, used weapons of mass destruction against them and flouted the world for so many years.

  Karen Hughes

• I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.

  Karen Hughes

• For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President.

  Karen Hughes

• As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.

  Karen Hughes

• And, you know, I watched him in Texas where he stood on his principle but he also reached out to members of the other party to try to work with them, to try to forge agreement where he could in keeping with his conservative principles to make Texas a better place.

  Karen Hughes

• And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions.

  Karen Hughes

Karen Hughes (16)

Birth:	27th December, 1956
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Writer

About

Karen Parfitt Hughes is the global vice chair of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller. She served as the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U.S. Department of State and as a counsellor to United States President George W. Bush.

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