The President insisted he was trying to build a democracy.

Such operations were better left in the field, but the President had insisted this time.

I could have done without him, but the president insisted.

"Listen, government has got plenty of money," the president insisted last week.

"I didn't change my mind," the president insisted to reporters this morning.

Congressional leaders and the President insist that this agreement will be kept.

The president insisted this week that he intended to keep his promise.

The president insisted that he wanted to avoid any social unrest.

Now the President insists "there was absolutely nothing improper done."

The president has so far insisted that such a scheme never existed.