Tim O'Reilly

Everybody who goes into government gets somewhat chewed up in the process. Being a senior appointee is like being at a startup, only more so: You run into opposition from the entrenched oligopoly of contractors whose business model is to extract as much money from government as possible for doing as little as possible.

Irish Businessman

Milton Friedman

And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout?

American Economist

Sunny Hostin

Sometimes Supreme Court justices surprise you with their decisions - you think they're going to vote one way, but they vote a different way, and I keep an open mind about that. But I think a moral compass is really important for a Supreme Court justice, as it is for any political appointee.

American Lawyer

Jeffrey Toobin

When Obama took office, Republican appointees controlled ten of the thirteen circuit courts of appeals; Democratic appointees now constitute a majority in nine circuits. Because federal judges have life tenure, nearly all of Obama's judges will continue serving well after he leaves office.

Ryan Zinke

The right rules of engagement means giving our forward commanders the authority and flexibility to take the initiative and win. Trust our forward deployed warriors to do their job. Political appointees running the war from Washington is just wrong.

American Politician

Henry Bonilla

It's difficult when you're an appointee of any administration to publicly come out and say before a crisis occurs to say that we need to do X, Y and Z to avoid a crisis, because you probably wouldn't be around very long if you did that.

Donna Brazile

Remember, Obama was elected by a bigger margin than George W. Bush. He deserves to have his appointees, and he deserves to have votes on the issues, to have the government function, and to fight for the policies on which he was elected.

Richard Grenell

Presidents and cabinet officials could send a strong message of accountability if they held senior appointees responsible for their performance.

American Diplomat

Molly Ivins

Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women.

American Journalist

Darryl Glenn

I, for one, want to see Mr. Cruz as a Supreme Court appointee.

Appointee implies that the person accepted the position, not just offered.

Position Acceptance

Appointees are often associated with formal and official decisions made by authorities.

Official Decisions

The term appointee indicates when someone starts a new responsibility or duty.

Responsibility Start

 It considered whether Guantanamo was constitutional, and whether the Geneva Conventions applied to the war on terror. It was just a handful of years after the horrific attacks of September 11. The Supreme Court had seven Republican appointees and two Democratic ones,

How to win an argument...

 there not as an appointee of the president however magnificent that honor would be but your power was not derived from someone else at the table but it was derived from the people who had sent you there and it's a very difficult table to have to be a so why I was