Quotes about American president

Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so. Votes: 6

Mitt Romney looks like an American President in a Canadian movie. Votes: 5

America is ready to elect its first African American President, especially one with light-skin and and no Negro dialect. Votes: 5

I can't think of a more mediocre human talent than George Bush. He obviously is a product of family advantage, and he's the worst American President of all time. Votes: 5

If you go to the Lincoln Memorial, the Second Inaugural is probably the most religious speech ever given by an American President. In its 732 words, it references God 14 times and has two verses of the Bible. Votes: 5

I send my condolences, and the condolences of the Palestinian people to American President Bush and his government and to the American people for this terrible act....We completely condemn this serious operation.... We were completely shocked.... It's unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable. Votes: 5

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president. Votes: 4

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged. Votes: 4

I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch. Votes: 4

I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies. Votes: 4

I'm not going to be the first American president to lose a war. Votes: 3

Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President. Votes: 3

The American president just won the nobel peace prize, by any reasonable measure, all Americans should be proud Votes: 3

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Votes: 3

America was magnificently characterized in November of 2008 when we elected, for the first time, an African-American President of the United States. Votes: 3

You [ the American President] can print more money, you just print and pay. I mean, it's a bad option, but you can do it. Votes: 3

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. Votes: 3

Unlike the American President's chronic problem of finding ways to give away the country's permanent economic surplus, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's was the problem of rationing permanent scarcity. Votes: 3

Decisions made in Washington are more important to us than those made here in Dar es-Salaam. So, maybe my people should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections. Votes: 3

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Votes: 3

No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his or her hands. Nor does any American President have power approaching this Votes: 3

We completely condemn this very dangerous attack, and I convey my condolences to the American people, to the American president and to the American administration, not only in my name, but on behalf of the Palestinian people. Votes: 3

My message to the Americans, to the American President, is that I am coming from Poland, which is in good shape; it is much different than ten years ago when last state visit from Poland was here in the United States. Votes: 3

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. Votes: 3

Three American presidents-Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson-have asked the question: What do we get from aiding Pakistan? Five-Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama-have wondered aloud whether Pakistan's leaders can be trusted to keep their word. Votes: 3

In retrospect, I can see that President Brezhnev was quite proud of the limited agreement that he had concluded in Vladivostok; and to have a new American president come in and say, "That is not good enough - let's do much more, and do it quite rapidly," took him by surprise. Votes: 3

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? Votes: 3

This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on his way to greet a Democratic Jewish woman member of Congress, who was his friend. Her life was saved initially by a 20-year old Mexican-American gay college student, and eventually by a Korean-American combat surgeon, all eulogized by our African American President. Votes: 3

I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American President of the United States. And that has to show that we have made a great deal of progress. But there's still more we have to travel along this road so we get to the place that is consistent with our founding ideals. Votes: 3

So a Holocaust-denying, virulently anti-Semitic, aspiring genocidist, on the verge of acquiring weapons of the apocalypse, believes that the end is not only near but nearer than the next American presidential election. (Pity the Democrats. They cannot catch a break.) This kind of man would have, to put it gently, less inhibition about starting Armageddon than a normal person. Votes: 3

I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. He lived for several days after he was shot, and towards the end, his wife started crying and screaming, "I want to go too! I want to go too!" And with his last measure of strength, McKinley turned to her and spoke his last words: "We are all going. Votes: 3

The American president has to both keep our families safe and make the economy grow in a way that helps everyone, not just those at the top. That`s the job. I have a strategy to combat and defeat ISIS without getting us involved in another ground war. And I have plans to raise incomes and deal with a lot of the problems that keep families up at night. Votes: 3

The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom. Votes: 1

When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president. Votes: 1

The true sovereign is not the American president nor the English king, but the Lord of the Second Advent. Votes: 1

President George W. Bush is the first American president to call openly for two-states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. Votes: 1

Presidential biography is, by its nature, out of scale; no character is bigger, no action greater, than the person and the doings of the American president. Votes: 1

The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than any other American president. Votes: 1

Every American president must be held to the highest standard. No president of any color should be given a free pass for screw-ups, lies or failure to keep a promise. Votes: 1

I have more engagement with New Zealand than people might think. Unlike the impression I have of the American president, who sits in the Oval Office and people come to them. Votes: 1

When a deeply sympathetic American president asks for concessions and compromises and appears able to cajole some from the Palestinians, which was the Clinton/Rabin and Bush/Sharon combination, Israel must respond. Votes: 1

Most Americans are unaware that Thomas Jefferson was the first American president to go to war against radical Islam. Jefferson was very concerned with Islam's war-like doctrine and its inability to separate mosque and state. Votes: 1

No sooner does an American president take his oath of office than the speculation begins: Will he be reelected in four years' time? If not, who will succeed him? A member of his own party? The other party? Votes: 1

We went into Iraq because Saddam Hussein refused to account for his weapons of mass destruction, consistently violated UN resolutions and in a post-9/11 world no American president could afford to give Saddam Hussein the benefit of the doubt. Votes: 1

I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We have the stellar Michelle Obama setting the standard for American women. I simply cannot say it enough: look how far we've come. Votes: 1

I think that there are some people on the so-called Left who might say we have to circle our wagons around the first African American president, and to me that is racism in reverse because his policies are actually still the racist policies of empire. Votes: 1

The Arab Spring showed that people are not going to wait for an American president to make good on his big talk about democracy and human rights; they are going to fight for those rights themselves and overthrow pro-American dictators who stand in their way. Votes: 1

Well, Mr Obama inherited probably the biggest inventory of problems, certainly foreign policy problems, than any American president ever has. I think the entire inventory of problems that he inherited is probably as big overall as any president, certainly since Franklin Roosevelt and maybe, in some cases, worse. Votes: 1

Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say a damn thing about that. You think we're still fighting the Civil War or something. If you want to mention it in passing, OK. But don't dwell on it. Votes: 1

The world is fortunate - for the time being, at least - that it has an American president in Obama who is prepared to take a conciliatory and concessive attitude towards America's decline and that it has a Chinese leadership which has been extremely cautious about expressing an opinion, let alone flexing its muscles. Votes: 1

As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person? Votes: 1

African-American people adore President Obama. Votes: 0

That peculiarly American religion, President-worship. Votes: 0

I'm covering the worst president in American history. Votes: 0

Mr. President, call the toady of American imperialism to order. Votes: 0

President Obama should be championing American prominence, not apologizing for it. Votes: 0

Any president that lies to the American people should have to resign. Votes: 0

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. Votes: 0

All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League. Votes: 0

George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history. Votes: 0

All I ever wanted to be was president of the American League. Votes: 0

The world is starving for American leadership. But America has an anti-war president, Votes: 0

I want to be the best president I can be for every American. Votes: 0

American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President. Votes: 0

President Obama has done more damage to America than any American has since 1776 Votes: 0

I don't recall an American president basically coming out and criticizing the Israeli public. Votes: 0

Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing. Votes: 0

Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing. Votes: 0

President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values. Votes: 0

Barack Obama is the most antibusiness president in a generation, perhaps in American history. Votes: 0

Mr. Bush is flaky, incompetent, and the most dangerous American president in a generation. Votes: 0

Every American, including our president, represents that we uphold the highest ideals of the world. Votes: 0

I agree with President Roosevelt, and generations since, that American seniors deserve better than poverty. Votes: 0

Because of the president's leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care. Votes: 0

Is the president purposefully using propaganda and hyperbole to garner the American public for support? Votes: 0

Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as 'the president who lost Iran,' Votes: 0

I think President [Barack] Obama deeply underestimated the force of white supremacy in American life. Votes: 0

If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people he should resign. Votes: 0

A president is supposed to calm the American people with sober decision-making in the national interest. Votes: 0

President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. Votes: 0

Obama has been the single worst president in modern American history in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the most disliked and untrusted candidates for president in American history. Votes: 0

President Bush threw out the first pitch Monday at Cincinnati's great American ball park. 18 Iraqis were killed. Votes: 0

The American public will be clear on who's most fit to be president. And that's Hillary Clinton. Votes: 0

The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president. Votes: 0

President Obama contends that charges he is "not really an American" have been trumped up by you-know-who. Votes: 0

For an American president to be aiding America's enemy in developing nuclear weapons technology is unprecedented, absolutely. Votes: 0

I think the President ought to bring everybody that's in American uniform back because we're headed for war. Votes: 0

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public. Votes: 0

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic... Votes: 0

Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one. Votes: 0

In fact, the American people did decide, back in 2012, when they elected me president of the United States. Votes: 0

A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do. Votes: 0

I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them. Votes: 0

The whole idea of the first female president is not nearly as momentous or exciting as the first African-American. Votes: 0

As a loyal American and I think a patriotic American, no, I don't want Sarah Palin to be president. Votes: 0

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...' Votes: 0

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. Votes: 0

This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history. Votes: 0

The President is the direct representative of the American people and is elected by the people and responsible to them. Votes: 0

I am confident, with the leadership and the backing of the American people, President Obama will turn this country around, Votes: 0

The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone. Votes: 0

I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president. Votes: 0

He [Calvin Coolidge] is the first president to discover that what the American people want is to be left alone. Votes: 0

I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president. Votes: 0

I have often thought that less is expected of the president of a great corporation than of an American wife. Votes: 0

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America. Votes: 0

There was tremendous animus to President [Barack] Obama. Many of people said he was un-American, not a Christian and worse. Votes: 0

I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a president, and I think I'll go along with them. Votes: 0

I feel like the American people are being lied to and manipulated. President Bush is trying to force 9/11 and Saddam together. Votes: 0

President Trump's made it clear that his administration is going to put the safety and security of the American people first. Votes: 0

I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates. Votes: 0

If we can elect an African American as president, we can support gay marriage! Defeat prop 8! We will not give up! Votes: 0

This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president. Votes: 0

I am never tired of winning, and as your president I will win for you, the American people. I'm with you! Votes: 0

My job is to try to advance American foreign policy, to try to advance the president's agenda on democracy and human rights. Votes: 0

We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic. Votes: 0

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. Votes: 0

I do not think I am entitled to assess the President of the United States. This is up to the American people. Votes: 0

The world is a more tragic and dangerous place when American isn't leading and, under this president, we have not been leading. Votes: 0

In 2012 President Obama didn't go anywhere near African-American communities. Why? Because unemployment was so high there, he didn't want to address it. Votes: 0

To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery. Votes: 0

Here is the solution to the American drug problem suggested a couple years back by the wife of our President: "Just say no. Votes: 0

I ask the vice president to stop dodging the issue with legalese, and acknowledge his continued ties with Halliburton to the American people. Votes: 0

Only one president in this book was a supervillain. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Chester A. Arthur, the Lex Luthor of the American Presidency. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton, President Obama, they're trying to turn the American dream into the European nightmare. We need to rescue the country from socialism. Votes: 0

Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States. Votes: 0

We just sent our condolences to the President of the United States and the American people on what is a terrible, terrible tragedy. Votes: 0

Donald Trump must give the American public his tax returns to show that he's qualified to be president and he's breaking his promise. Votes: 0

If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. You take a look! Votes: 0

Look, if America - if being an American means anything, it means not having to lie under oath, not even for the president. Votes: 0

If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied. Votes: 0

There are no laws that prohibit an American president from continuing to be involved in their private business matters while in office, right? Votes: 0

Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. Votes: 0

President Obama met with leaders of the American Indian tribes and they honored the president by giving him his own Indian name: Running Deficits. Votes: 0

A President and his wise men can only propose; but Congress disposes. It is when President and Congress agree that American history marches forward. Votes: 0

The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially. Votes: 0

Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly the president. Votes: 0

The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially. Votes: 0

Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish. Votes: 0

Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against each other. Votes: 0

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press. Votes: 0

Patriotism is not necessarily defined as blind devotion to a president's particular agenda - and that to dispute a presidential policy is not necessarily anti-American. Votes: 0

Oh, look at this. NBC/Wall Street Journal: "Thirty-eight percent of the American people say [Donald] Trump's comments about women disqualify him from being president." Votes: 0

Oh, look at this. NBC/Wall Street Journal: "Thirty-eight percent of the American people say [Donald] Trump's comments about women disqualify him from being president." Votes: 0

President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history. Votes: 0

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined. Votes: 0

That we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Votes: 0

When it comes to economics, president-elect [Donald] Trump has promised to revive American manufacturing, get tough on trade with China, cut taxes and invest in infrastructure. Votes: 0

Under President Obama and Secretary Clinton, they're working hard to change the American dream into the European nightmare. They do celebrate more dependence on the government. Votes: 0

In his 4 years in the White House, President Carter worked to make the Federal Government more competent and compassionate and more responsive to the American people. Votes: 0

You know, President Obama feels very strongly that the government has a responsibility to engage with the American people, as well as with the world community. Votes: 0

The American pledge not to negotiate with terrorists has been honored more in the breach than the observance from the moment President Ronald Reagan made it. Votes: 0

President Bush says he is concerned about the Iraqi people, but if Iraqi people are dying in numbers, then American policy will be challenged very strongly. Votes: 0

You can be a patriotic American and be a critic, but then you're not expressing that kind of love that we're used to from a president. Votes: 0

Natural-born American means you don`t have to be naturalized. You were born to an American mother, like President Obama, no matter where you were born. Votes: 0

If I'm vice president of the United States and Donald Trump is president, we're going to put the safety and security of the American people first. Votes: 0

I worked in the White House on 9/11, where the vice president was given the authority to, if he deemed necessary, shoot down an American passenger jet. Votes: 0

We know this much about how Barack Obama plans to govern: He will deploy the fattest checkbook ever at the disposal of an incoming American president. Votes: 0

The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president. Obama has that voice. It has to be used. Votes: 0

President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and their team have failed the American people, and that is why their majority will soon be out the door. Votes: 0

President Obama trusts in the wisdom of government. I put my trust in the ingenuity and creativity and commitment to hard work of the American people. Votes: 0

It's President [Barack] Obama sounding the alarm, scaring the crap out of the American people. Saying if you don't raise the debt feeling, we're going to default. Votes: 0

Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency. Votes: 0

Many Americans, and many more people around the world, have been outraged by what they see as President George W. Bush's radical reordering of American foreign policy. Votes: 0

Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to bridge the great reparations divide. Votes: 0

President-elect Donald Trump is an unprecedented figure in many respects, in part because there has never been an American president who has such complicated global business interests. Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] has shifted - President [Barack] Obama has shifted American policy in a much more critical way in Israel with the settlements than the previous presidents. Votes: 0

Tonight, the new Viper, which is the American equivalent of a sportscar in the same way, I guess, that George Bush is the equivalent of a President. Votes: 0

I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system. Votes: 0

The American people deserve a Supreme Court justice who can demonstrate that he or she will not be beholden to the president, but only to the law. Votes: 0

Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people. Votes: 0

Every American president, regardless of party, has said that America has an intense interest in a peaceful resolution. And I think it should be left at that. Votes: 0

I said it was my feeling that the American people would struggle for peace, and that has since been underscored by the President of these United States. Votes: 0

There was not a word of apology, not a word of explanation to the American people, ... The president's going to have to get a touch of reality. Votes: 0

Today, President Barack Obama promised to 'detect and pursue' American tax evaders, as opposed to his first 100 days, in which he detected and nominated American tax evaders. Votes: 0

I think it's what animates our president-elect [Donald Trump] more than anything else, is a belief in the boundless potential of every American to live the American dream. Votes: 0

No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Votes: 0

The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year. Votes: 0

Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of American's who were saying, 'Stop!' Votes: 0

President Reagan was concerned - deeply concerned, emotionally concerned - with the loss of life of any American, but especially with the lives of military soldiers, Marines, navy. Votes: 0

How many watched the President's speech last night? [half-hearted audience applause] How many watched American Idol ? [thundering applause] Okay, there you go! You get the government you deserve. Votes: 0

Some said he shouldn't save Detroit. But President Obama made the tough and right call to save more than a million American jobs in an important, iconic industry. Votes: 0

That's the premise of the Saudi Arabians. He's holding the president's hand with one. In the other hand, he's got his hand in the pocket of American consumers. Votes: 0

That's the premise of the Saudi Arabians. He's holding the president's hand with one. In the other hand, he's got his hand in the pocket of American consumers Votes: 0

I strongly believe that every American should always be rooting for our president to do well, no matter which political party that he or she might belong to. Votes: 0

Bush, himself the most intellectually backward American president of my political lifetime, is surrounded by advisers whose bellicosity is exceeded only by their political, military and diplomatic illiteracy. Votes: 0

Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian Gulf or anywhere else without congressional authorization. Votes: 0

Are things getting better with each generation? Yes. It's quite interesting to be living in these times, for me to witness an African-American being elected president. It's quite extraordinary. Votes: 0

I agree with the president [Barack Obama]. I've said myself, we will not send American combat troops back to either Syria or Iraq - that is off the table. Votes: 0

President Bush bet his presidency-and America's world leadership-on the war in Iraq. Tragically, it looks as though he bit off more than the American people were willing to chew. Votes: 0

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American. Votes: 0

The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy. Votes: 0

President Bush says he has just one question for the American voters, 'Is the rich person you're working for better off now than they were four years ago?' Votes: 0

The American people expect the president of the United States to be prepared to support action to protect the people of this nation. And I know Donald Trump will. Votes: 0

American soldiers in battle don't fight for what some president says on T.V., they don't fight for mom, apple pie, the American flag...they fight for one another. Votes: 0

The American people need a strong leader who has the experience and the judgment to be the next President of the United States, and that man is John McCain. Votes: 0

That's not an accident that Donald Trump didn't begin with, say, trade or jobs or anything, that he actually began by otherizing the first African-American president of the United States. Votes: 0

We all remember that [Donald] Trump was one of the leaders of the so-called birther movement trying to delegitimize the presidency of our first African-American president Barack Obama, which is an outrage. Votes: 0

The American president [George W. Bush] closes his eyes to the economic and human damages that are inflicted on his country and the world economy by natural disasters, like Katrina, through neglected climate protection. Votes: 0

Mr. Obama at the UN said that the large nations should not trample small ones in pursuit of what he called "territorial ambition". These are curious statements coming from the American president at this time. Votes: 0