Quotes about Presidents

Presidents are selected, not elected. Votes: 3

Welcome to the Hall of Presidents. Votes: 3

Presidents need to be critically studied and analyzed. Votes: 3

Presidents are not permitted to have personal feelings. Votes: 3

Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do. Votes: 3

I see dead Presidents. Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin, and Washington. Votes: 3

Presidents make history. I'm just a tool of history. Votes: 3

I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together. Votes: 3

Presidents tend to tinker, you know, and mess everything up. Votes: 3

Presidents aren`t supposed to spit, at least not obviously. Votes: 3

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever. Votes: 3

Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country. Votes: 3

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. Votes: 3

Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure. Votes: 3

Presidents grow up in the White House. The times shape the man. Votes: 3

Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands. Votes: 3

Presidents today spend more time speaking than they do reading or thinking. Votes: 3

Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs. Votes: 3

Presidents don't have power. Their job is to draw attention away from it. Votes: 3

Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that. Votes: 3

I share the Presidents commitment to fighting and winning the war on terrorism. Votes: 3

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and J.F Kennedy were Presidents in very different times. Votes: 3

Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it. Votes: 3

Presidents have to be very organized to govern successfully, and solo artists rarely succeed. Votes: 3

Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets. Votes: 3

I believe our Presidents work hard and it's the loneliest job in the world. Votes: 3

Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College. Votes: 3

The Presidents job, is not to wield power himself, but to lead attention away from it. Votes: 3

We elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, then start daring 'em to make good. Votes: 3

Presidents don't get vacations - they just get a change of scenery. The job goes with you. Votes: 3

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing. Votes: 3

Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. Votes: 3

When I found out that there was eight Presidents before George Washington, I wanted to smack somebody. Votes: 3

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do. Votes: 3

Presidents by six years have been there long enough for the media and the country to see their flaws. Votes: 3

The whole issue of healthcare is very complicated. There have been seven Presidents who've tried to get healthcare reform passed. Votes: 3

Presidents and Lyndon Johnson was really no exception, very rapidly learned the difference between a contingency plan and an authorized act. Votes: 3

Can we drop the pretense of Presidents Day and just call it I needed a long weekend because Valentines Day is garbage Votes: 3

Presidents have only two moments of personal seclusion. One is prayer; the other fishing - and they cannot pray all the time! Votes: 3

Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them. Votes: 3

Donald Trump is horrendous, but he is also honest. Both Presidents [Bill] Clinton and [Barak] Obama were great speakers, but unrepentant mass murderers. Votes: 3

The Presidents plan to privatize Social Security would actually take away guaranteed benefits and put the promise of a secure retirement in jeopardy. Votes: 3

The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic. Votes: 3

Presidents don't have the benefit of hindsight. You have to make difficult decisions based on the information that's before you at that moment. Votes: 3

Presidents in the modern era who've had significant assets have usually put those into a blind trust with some kind of independent manager. Votes: 3

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic, chiefly as an almost insane excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards. Votes: 3

Ginnifer Goodwin said it very well - we're not doing the Hall Of Presidents at Disneyland. This is my interpretation of [J.F] Kennedy. Votes: 3

There have been many amazing Presidents in American history, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, all of whom I greatly admire. Votes: 3

Presidents are not only the country's principal policy chief, shaping the nation's domestic and foreign agendas, but also the most visible example of our values. Votes: 3

One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen to their critics with just enough sympathy to ensure their silence. Votes: 3

Presidents should not be exempted from the same standards of reason and evidence and justification that any other citizen or civil movement should be held to. Votes: 3

Presidents make history but are also a product of it. And there are two kinds: transforming and transactional. Reagan was a transforming president. He made history. Votes: 3

Presidents always want to do nice, noble, long-run things, and Congress is less keen to do so. We've seen that throughout the history of this country. Votes: 3

Presidents in both parties - from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan - have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class prosperity. Votes: 3

An earthquake strikes Haiti, and care packages from America are among the first to arrive - and not far behind are former Presidents Clinton and Bush. Votes: 3

I believe that Bill Clinton will be remembered as one of our nation's great Presidents, and Senator Clinton as one of our nation's great public servants. Votes: 3

Presidents do not go into war lightly. It's a tremendous responsibility in making decisions, and I know Bush must deeply believe this is the only course. Votes: 3

Presidents generally do what they are good at in their first four years, then spend their second term responding to the agendas imposed upon them by events. Votes: 3

I've worked with five Presidents in America, all of them I ask the same question always: Why didn't the American allies bomb the railways going to Auschwitz? Votes: 3

Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional. Votes: 3

Slowly but without question - and Presidents' Day is only one example - Americans are forgetting and ignoring the men and events that have made this nation great. Votes: 3

There have been many Presidents of the United States and the roll will be indefinitely extended. We have had a number of brilliant soldiers, but only one great general. Votes: 3

It seems very unfortunate that in order to secure political preference, people are made Vice President who are never intended, neither by party nor by the Lord, to be Presidents. Votes: 3

Presidents Truman and Nixon left office under dark clouds of scandal and with abysmal levels of support, but with the passage of time, both have been reassessed far more positively. Votes: 3

In the last 100 years only Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford lost their bids for reelection. President Lyndon Johnson did not run for a second term. Votes: 3

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again. Votes: 3

One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian. Votes: 3

That's one thing about Republican Presidents. They never went in much for plans. They only had one plan. It says "Boys, my head is turned. Just get it while you can. Votes: 3

The Presidents Woodruff and Smith both said they were willing for such a ceremony to occur, if done in Mexico, and Pres. Woodruff promised the Lord's blessing to follow such an act. Votes: 3

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good. Votes: 3

Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. He was bigger than his country - bigger than all the Presidents together. Votes: 3

The Presidents proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent. Votes: 3

Im always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the Presidents plan have not been invited to the discussion. Votes: 3

If the tide of defamation and abuse shall turn, and my administration come to be praised, future Vice-Presidents who may succeed to the Presidency may feel some slight encouragement to pursue an independent course. Votes: 3

Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably won't work for you either. Votes: 3

Presidents don't have a whole lot to say about prosperity or the economy. Government cannot create prosperity. There are a lot of other factors that determine whether there are good times or bad times. Votes: 3

We have had more brilliant Presidents than Cleveland, and one or two who were considerably more profound, but we have never had one, at least since Washington, whose fundamental character was solider and more admirable. Votes: 3

Presidents Lincoln, Jefferson, Jackson, presidents have understood that the Supreme Court cannot make a law. They cannot make it. The legislature has to make it, the executive branch has to sign it and enforce it. Votes: 3

Now goverments are a different thing. Presidents who do not want me. As I said, an African-American discriminates against an indigenous Bolivian. Well, they have their reasons, but sooner or later we will all be judged. Votes: 3

Now, today is the day we honor, of course, the Presidents, ranging from George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie, to George Bush, who couldn't tell the truth, to Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the difference. Votes: 3

They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to understand what it meant to own a world and how big a world really was. Votes: 3

Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, we know that neither this President nor prior Presidents of both parties did everything right or we would not have had a 9/11. Votes: 3

There is no ICC anymore. It is just BCCI. It is not International Cricket Council it is International Crime Council. If you take all the cricket board Presidents am sure they are all puppets. ICC is the toothless tiger. Votes: 3

I wonder who really is the change candidate? It can't be both of them [Hillary Clinton & Barak Obama]. What would be a black man and a woman - how could that be different than the 43 other Presidents we've had? Votes: 3

As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life. Votes: 3

I'd be lying if I said that I knew I was there. I'm being completely honest. Nobody has a right in my view to seek Presidents office unless they are willing to give it 110 percent of who they are. Votes: 3

I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that supplying one or two such specimens illuminates the whole body for a thousand years. Votes: 3

Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change. Votes: 3

Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty to advise and consent to the appointment of all Cabinet officials. They should take that duty seriously. Votes: 3

I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our Presidents, and that he can do no wrong in my book. So how's that for prejudice on the Democratic side? Votes: 3

Presidents and presidential assassins are like Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Even though one city is all about sin and the other is all about salvation, they are identical, one-dimensional company towns built up by the sheer will of true believers. Votes: 3

One of my most often repeated quips was the one I made when former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon stood by each other at a White House event. 'There they are,' I said. 'See no evil, hear no evil, and . . . evil.' Votes: 3

Will somebody please tell me what they do with all the Vice-Presidents a bank has? Why the United States is the biggest business institution in the world, and they got only one Vice-President and nobody has ever found anything for him to do. Votes: 3

Presidents have absolutely gone against the will of Congress. Congress hasn't declared a war since December 7, 1941, and yet we've been at war ever since with somebody or other in order to justify the war machine. Now we have alienated almost the entire earth Votes: 3

Young women need to know that abortion rights and abortion access are not presents bestowed or retracted by powerful men (or women) - Presidents, Supreme Court justices, legislators, lobbyists - but freedoms won, as freedom always is, by people struggling on their own behalf. Votes: 3

We have had good and bad Presidents, and it is a consoling reflection that the American Nation possesses such elements of prosperity that the bad Presidents cannot destroy it, and have been able to do no more than slightly to retard the public's advancement. Votes: 3

I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake. Votes: 3

Presidents seem to fall into two positive categories: they're one of us, or they're heroes. Both McCain and Obama probably see themselves as potential heroes - presidents who will be looked up to, not presidents everyday people will remark are 'just like me.' Votes: 3

There's one reason why [Presidents' Day] is a holiday. It had nothing to do with our country deciding that we wanted to show reverence for our presidents, Lincoln, Washington, or all of them. Nothing to do with that. The ski industry wanted a three-day weekend. Votes: 3

I would say to my colleague that the misery index, inflation and unemployment, when added together is the lowest it has been in the last series of Presidents, even going back to Jimmy Carter. So I think the Bush administration is doing a good job. Votes: 3

Deficits, as I've often said, aren't caused by too little taxing, they're caused by too much spending. Presidents can't appropriate a dollar of tax payers money, only Congressmen can; and Congress is susceptible to all sorts of influences that have nothing to do with good government. Votes: 3

Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight out of the blue - nobody was expecting anything like Martin and Lewis. A sexy guy and a monkey is how some people saw us. Votes: 3

Presidents and prime ministers, whether they live in the rich or the poor world, are insulated and isolated from the devastating impact of global poverty. They read the statistics, but they rarely witness at first hand the misery and degradation of life on a dollar a day. Votes: 3

Presidents are afraid to lose wars. They're afraid to be outflanked on the right by the militarists. They don't want to be seen as soft on either communism or soft on terrorism or whatever. So presidents are constantly tugged away from their domestic commitments to foreign policy. Votes: 3

Let's assume for the moment that the logic behind Presidents Day is actually sound for certain presidents. Why not have a separate holiday for Lincoln and one for Washington - as we used to do, before we became so concerned with the 'Every President Gets a Trophy' ethos? Votes: 3

The needlework of lies and rumors seeks to distract peoples attention from the daily business of governance under the Presidents leadership. Those who continually plot for the Presidents downfall will never succeed because she is a hard-working President with no other agenda than to promote our peoples welfare Votes: 3

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.' Votes: 1

Whenever I came up against presidents of other companies, I was always smarter, because I was from the streets. Votes: 1

The Cold War is over. The kind of authority that the presidents asserted during the Cold War has now been diminished. Votes: 1

As journalists, we cannot swallow the official line without question. We should challenge almost everything that dictators, presidents and officials say. Votes: 1

I am 73 years old. I've seen everything. I've met the kings, the queens, the presidents, I've been around the world. I have one thing that I would like to do: to try to reach peace. Votes: 1

Letter writing was clearly important to Reagan. Even as president he kept dashing off letters to friends, pen pals, media people, statesmen, critics, and the kind of people who write to presidents never expecting a reply. Votes: 1

In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character. Votes: 1

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad. Votes: 1

Few American presidents are held in higher esteem than Thomas Jefferson. Though historians have scrutinized every phase of his long public career and found him wanting in a number of respects, he holds an unshakable place in the pantheon of American heroes. Votes: 1

Look, I worked with American Republican presidents and Democratic presidents, all of them, and each of them has shown a deep and profound friendship to Israel, you know? I can't remember anybody who was in that sense negative as far as Israel is concerned. Votes: 1

The War Powers Act requires presidents to seek the consent of the American people, through their representatives, before sending our troops into war. It is the responsibility of Congress to deliberate and consult with the executive branch before involving ourselves in a military conflict. Votes: 1

We all obviously need others to look up to, and be inspirational to us. Ford did a great job as far as putting the presidency back where it belonged, getting the trust back after Nixon. And President Reagan has been one of the most influential presidents. Votes: 1

I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don't know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us.' Votes: 1

The economical policies that are instigated really makes you think that the American government is a bunch of evil bastards. So just because you're black, you're still representing that government, and when Obama came into office he enacted the same policies that we would critique other presidents for. Votes: 1

Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back on recent presidents, and you'll find an absent, or weak, or failed father in the lives of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Votes: 1

I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism and the injection of working at the Carter Center, and in international affairs, and to some degree, domestic affairs, on energy conservation, on environment, and things of that kind. Votes: 1

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: 1

And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples. Votes: 1

Three times a year, there's Strategicon convention, and I go for the board games. It happens Presidents Day, Labor Day, and Memorial Day weekends. You go and take a look at the new board games and meet a couple of board game designers, and you can check out games you don't own from the library and then return them. Votes: 1

So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart. Votes: 1

Elected presidents are for countries. Votes: 0

Bad presidents don't deserve holidays. They deserve scorn. Votes: 0

Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult. Votes: 0

I've played golf with three U.S presidents. Votes: 0

I head a nation of a million presidents. Votes: 0

The people don't elect U.S. presidents, God does. Votes: 0

I never actually smoked with any of the presidents. Votes: 0

When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie. Votes: 0

I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six. Votes: 0

I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents. Votes: 0

Those [presidents] who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually... Votes: 0

I kill kings and presidents first, and next all capitalists. Votes: 0

Different presidents have different strengths, they bring different life experiences. Votes: 0

Republican presidents talk about freedom. Democratic presidents talk about equality. Votes: 0

The great presidents are people who watch out for others. Votes: 0

Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents. Votes: 0

I think all presidents should take the long view of history. Votes: 0

All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf. Votes: 0

Most college students are not as smart as most college presidents. Votes: 0

Great presidents don't just fight good fights - they win them. Votes: 0

[John] McCain references favorite presidents like Teddy Roosevelt. Hillary cited Eleanor Roosevelt. Votes: 0

We have had plenty of atheist presidents; they just wouldn't admit it. Votes: 0

I don't find any presidents all that sexy. They're not very rock'n'roll. Votes: 0

I really think it's important for presidents to exit the stage gracefully. Votes: 0

I fundamentally believe in term limits, for Congress, presidents, and board members. Votes: 0

An important governorship used to be the best springboard for would-be presidents. Votes: 0

If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators. Votes: 0

Surveillance changes history. We know this through examples of corrupt presidents like Nixon. Votes: 0

Few American presidents have been unhappier or lonelier in office than Woodrow Wilson. Votes: 0

I think a lot of presidents learn to be president by being president. Votes: 0

[Ronald]Reagan and[George W.] Bush were far more radical than other presidents. Votes: 0

Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately. Votes: 0

Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks. Votes: 0

The presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics. Votes: 0

How do we get from electrons to elections and from protons to presidents? Votes: 0

There will be great presidents again but there will never be another Camelot. Votes: 0

Of course, presidents are always blamed or rewarded for the state of the economy. Votes: 0

I think George Bush is one of the most duplicitous presidents we've ever had. Votes: 0

If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country. Votes: 0

Why don't presidents fight the war? - Why do they always send the poor? Votes: 0

Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies. Votes: 0

Maxwell's Equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents. Votes: 0

Most presidents come to Washington bright as freshly minted dimes and leave much diminished. Votes: 0

Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.' (20) Votes: 0

We reject: kings, presidents and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and running code. Votes: 0

Everybody brings their personality to any position, and that's true for presidents like anyone else. Votes: 0

In going too far, they [presidents] have taken away the individual rights of American citizens. Votes: 0

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states. Votes: 0

I'm a little uncomfortable with the idea of judges overruling presidents on national security matters. Votes: 0

The fact that presidents have done something does not necessarily make it right or constitutional. Votes: 0

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen. Votes: 0

Many presidents have believed in God, but Donald Trump evidently believes that he is God. Votes: 0

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are? Votes: 0

Bad presidents make for great music, and I'm gonna do my best to provide it. Votes: 0

American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so. Votes: 0

American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so. Votes: 0

If you're seeking progress, all presidents are the opposition. You're just fighting different kinds of battles - Votes: 0

Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists. Votes: 0

Our best presidents have really combined domestic leadership with heroic achievements in foreign affairs or war. Votes: 0

Nonetheless, so whether it's unconstitutional or not [for judges to overruling presidents], I leave to others. Votes: 0

There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents. Votes: 0

You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents. Votes: 0

But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House. Votes: 0

We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching. Votes: 0

I'm not impressed with presidents. I have met a few, but I'm not impressed with them. Votes: 0

So I start my mission- leave my residence Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents Votes: 0

There are a lot of women that I think are very powerful and would be great presidents. Votes: 0

I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man Votes: 0

I'm out for presidents to represent me (Say what?) I'm out for dead presidents to represent me. Votes: 0

American university presidents are a nervous breed; I have never thought well of them as a class. Votes: 0

I'm never wrong? Who besides Republican presidents and evil masterminds can say that with a straight face? Votes: 0

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture. Votes: 0

On ships they call them barnacles; in business they attach themselves to desks and are called vice presidents. Votes: 0

At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel. Votes: 0

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds. Votes: 0

Obama achieved something in his first year with health care that successive presidents have been unable to achieve. Votes: 0

I've met a handful of presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton to George Bush to Barack Obama. Votes: 0

Remember Henry Adam's jest that the succession of presidents from Washington to Grant disproved the theory of evolution? Votes: 0

Wow. Losing 95 percent of your audience in just five years. That basically makes Obama the NBC of presidents. Votes: 0

When things don't go well they like to blame presidents; and that's something that presidents are paid for. Votes: 0

Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents. Votes: 0

The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth. Votes: 0

I've done a whole lot of things. I've had the pleasure of introducing two presidents, several senators and congressmen. Votes: 0

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. Votes: 0

You want ass? The cash is first. You got dead presidents, baby, I got a hearse in my purse. Votes: 0

From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties. Votes: 0

I came to this office to solve problems and not pass them on to future presidents and future generations. Votes: 0

Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads. Votes: 0

Obama has had more fundraisers than the last six presidents combined. And he's still losing in the money race! Votes: 0

I deal with guys in their 20s and early 30s who are presidents of companies, who are movie directors. Votes: 0

Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers. Votes: 0

It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents. Votes: 0

All modern U.S. presidents are perforce politicians, prisoners of their past pronouncements, their party, their constituency, and their colleagues. Votes: 0

Even if you assume presidents were democratically elected they still have no right to keep secrets from the American people. Votes: 0

When you talk about presidents, loyalty is a great thing until it becomes a bad thing. Witness once again Watergate. Votes: 0

Like other presidents before him, Barack Obama inherited a recession. But unlike them, he has made it worse, not better. Votes: 0

In every era going back to Lincoln with Frederick Douglass, presidents talk to those that were leading at that time. Votes: 0

I don't think ultimately presidents are judged by crowd sizes at their inauguration. I think they're judged by their accomplishments. Votes: 0

We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it. Votes: 0

One day America and all its presidents will be a footnote in history, but the kingdom of Jesus will never end. Votes: 0

There will be over 3,500 killed in USA today from abortion. No flags lowered, no presidents crying. No media hyperventilating. Normal day, Votes: 0

How many presidents, do you think, ever said to another guy: 'I can't believe we're doing this in the White House'? Votes: 0

Conservatives don't want to read good, smart books. They mostly want to read Fox and talk radio hosts writing about presidents. Votes: 0

We can't in any way criticize or at least indict or impeach administration [of Democratic presidents] for doing what they did. Votes: 0

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders. Votes: 0

Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one. Votes: 0

What people can't possibly imagine is what it's like to have two presidents who have a relationship as father and son. Votes: 0

There are examples of ex-presidents speaking out. Jimmy Carter has not held back on a variety of issues. Harry Truman didn't. Votes: 0

The presidents against Congress, the Senate is against the House, people are against politicians, and I'm against cats in the house. Votes: 0

I think all presidents should have teenage girls before they become presidents. If you can handle those hormones, you can handle anything. Votes: 0

Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events. Votes: 0

The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated astute judgment in times of crisis - often despite the advice they were getting. Votes: 0

Nowadays even presidents, vice-presidents, and heads of big agencies are opening their minds to accept psychic phenomena, because they know it works. Votes: 0

General Motors, General Mills, General Foods, general ignorance, general apathy, and general cussedness elect presidents and Congressmen and maintain them in power. Votes: 0

Amazing, Yetta thought. Back home I couldn't have chosen my own husband. And here I'm thinking about choosing presidents, governors, mayors, laws.. Votes: 0

Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you're supporting everything they do. Votes: 0

Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done. Votes: 0

I do not believe that the children of presidents or vice-presidents should be assigned to combat zones. They have no place there. Votes: 0

I don't know anything about American history or presidents. I don't know what tailgating is! I've never been to an Olive Garden! Votes: 0

Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined. Votes: 0

As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing. Votes: 0

I mean, you know, presidents of the United States can`t randomly tweet without having check - - having somebody check it out. Votes: 0

Smiting enemies has always been so admired that, unlike medicine or archaeology, it entitled its successful practitioners to become kings, emperors, and presidents ... Votes: 0

It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom rung of presidents. Votes: 0

Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems. Votes: 0

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents. Votes: 0

George H. W. Bush is gracious. And I'm not saying any of the former presidents aren't gracious, I'm just saying, this man is gracious. Votes: 0

Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America. Votes: 0

In the past, presidents had been consulted about those kinds of decisions by SGs, and I thought it was the right thing to do. Votes: 0

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much. Votes: 0

Maybe the most interesting find in my research is that it is clear that Ronald Reagan, among all modern presidents, plainly rediscovered the founders. Votes: 0

Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war. Votes: 0

I decided what I wanted to do, not to make me look good, but to make me feel comfortable. Other presidents do it other ways. Votes: 0

Vice presidents are supposed to be eternally loyal, which is why it is so difficult for some to figure out how to succeed their bosses. Votes: 0

I was in the drama club, and I was one of seven co-presidents of the student body. Students elected me - I don't know why! Votes: 0

Every year since 1990, the Gallup poll has asked Americans to assess all the presidents since John F. Kennedy. And every year, Kennedy comes out on top. Votes: 0

Securing freedom has been a singular commitment of American presidents and patriots in and out of government for generations. But its perpetual continuation is not guaranteed. Votes: 0

I think that Donald Trump is coming to this office with fewer set hard-and-fast policy prescriptions than a lot of other presidents might be arriving with. Votes: 0

Judges are not members of Congress, they're not state legislators, governors, nor presidents. Their job is not to pass laws, implement regulations, nor to make policy. Votes: 0

Good presidents, people like George Bush, they SEND people to war. They don't bring them a rescue. This is America. We rescue insurance companies and banks. Votes: 0

The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it. Votes: 0

I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I was when I start. Votes: 0

Recent presidents have gone off on ad hoc adventures. They have set unattainable goal because they have framed the issue incorrectly, as they believed their own rhetoric. Votes: 0

Yesterday all five living presidents gathered for the opening of the George W. Bush presidential library in Dallas. Well, six living presidents if you count Hillary in 2016. 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

Most presidents have been controlled by forces that control money and special interests. When Donald Trump refused their money, he refused their control. This made him dangerous. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton was personally presiding over the dissolution of moral authority - particularly applied to presidents - because she looked the other way, because she tolerated it. Votes: 0

Throughout American history, we have elected presidents who had not been honest man. Warren Harding, Richard Nixon, to some extent, Lyndon Johnson just to name a few. Votes: 0

I've been very fortunate, because I've cooked for a lot of actors and actresses and musicians. I've cooked for presidents and I've been to the White House... Votes: 0

I - obviously, I'm not a big fan of President Obama. I think he's been one of our weakest presidents. I just fundamentally disagree with him philosophically. Votes: 0

Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it. Votes: 0

If our presidents, or potential presidents, don't know this or don't articulate [an America ideal], that's a blown opportunity. The president can teach as well as lead. Votes: 0

America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it. Votes: 0

I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office. Votes: 0

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state. Votes: 0

I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good. Votes: 0

There's already been black presidents who've been corrupt, so it doesn't strike me that having a black man in office means he's going to be the Messiah. Votes: 0

Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread. Votes: 0

I was a child or didn't live through those presidents prior to [Ronald] Reagan, and thus didn't realize how little attention they had paid to the founders. Votes: 0

When I worked in the White House for President Carter, we tried to do comprehensive tax reform and we made some progress, and other presidents have as well. Votes: 0

As past presidents of the Liberal Party, we deeply regret and are greatly saddened by the precipitate action by some party officers and members at the Manila Hotel. Votes: 0

Some presidents, such as Bill Clinton and John F. Kennedy, are political sailors - they tack with the wind, reaching difficult policy objectives through bipartisan maneuvering and pulse-taking. Votes: 0

Memo to future presidents: Never stake your entire survival on the painful passing of a bad bill. Never take the country down the road to 'Demon Pass.' Votes: 0

Our priests and presidents, our surgeons and lawyers, our educators and newscasters need worry less about satisfying the demands of their discipline than the demands of good showmanship. Votes: 0

Middle names are kind of like vice presidents: It's a fine distinction and certainly an honor, but you're never not aware that someone else got the real job. Votes: 0

There are definitely some people who cheat, but how come we're only focusing on people who are on welfare who cheat, and not the bank presidents who cheat? Votes: 0

It will be important to restore those provisions, those disclose provisions, those release provisions so that presidents are indeed held accountable and their information and papers are made public. Votes: 0

Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more or less stops there. Votes: 0

My job is to find the politicians and the presidents and the pompous people who are telling other people how to live, powerful, visible creatures and ... go at them. Votes: 0

All in all, the framers would probably agree that it's better to impeach too often than too seldom. If presidents can't be virtuous, they should at least be nervous. Votes: 0

It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a lot engagements. You add them all up. Votes: 0

US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan. Votes: 0

You know how old I am? I'm so old, I remember when Letterman used to be funny and it was presidents who were serious. That's how old I am. Votes: 0

I wasn't any good at sports, but I could name all the presidents by the time I was six. I've always been very interested in politics and in religion. Votes: 0

I've never been a fan of presidents who place blame on their predecessors or who accept credit for events that couldn't have been engineered so soon in their tenure. Votes: 0

I want to kill the president because I no like the capitalists. I have the gun in my hand, I kill kings and presidents first and next all capitalists. Votes: 0

Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientists. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that everyone else says we can't. Votes: 0

The man responsible for keeping Americans safe from another terrorist attack on American soil for nearly seven years now will go down in history as one of America's greatest presidents. Votes: 0

One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress. Votes: 0

Would you exalt your profession, exalt those who labor with you...increase the salaries of the women engaged in the noble work of educating our future presidents, senators and congressmen. Votes: 0

I consider Ronald Reagan one of the greatest U.S. presidents since the World War II because of his staunch resistance to Communism and his efforts to defend human rights, Votes: 0

History buffs probably noted the reunion at a Washington party a few weeks ago of three ex-presidents: Carter, Ford and Nixon - See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Evil. Votes: 0

Abraham Lincoln and Millard Fillmore had the same title. They were both presidents of the United States, but their tenure in office and their legacy could not be more different. Votes: 0

To me, polls are like approval ratings for presidents are like an offensive line, right. And if an offensive line is weak, that means the defense is empowered and emboldened. Votes: 0

Previous presidents, including great ones like Roosevelt, have used the IRS against their enemies. But I don't think Barack Obama ever wanted to be on the same page as Richard Nixon. Votes: 0

I want to start by saying something nice about President Bush. Of all the presidents we've had with the last name of Bush, his economic plan ranks in the top two. Votes: 0

Since 1900, only three other [than Donald Trump ] presidents have won the White House with a smaller percentage of the popular vote. Woodrow Wilson in 1912, Richard Nixon in 1968, and Bill Clinton in 1992. Votes: 0

When I am speaking about American presidents, I have to speak about my very special relations with President Clinton. He contributed more to peace than anybody else in the American sense. Votes: 0

I voted for Justice Breyer and Justice Ginsburg. Not because I agreed with their ideology, but because I thought they were qualified and that elections have consequences when presidents are nominated. Votes: 0

No one reaches the Oval Office without a great deal of admiration for the institution - and himself - so it's unsurprising that sitting presidents favor the biographies of former presidents. Votes: 0

[Gerald] Ford and [Jimmy] Carter, in fact, were huge disappointments to me. Think about this: They were the presidents around the time of America's historic bicentennial, and yet rarely quoted the founders. Votes: 0

Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue. Votes: 0

In fact, it was the women in our house who were in the saddle. If men are the gods, women are not only the presidents but all the ministers of the government. Votes: 0

While they came from a variety of religious backgrounds and held a wide variety of religious beliefs, each of our presidents in his own way has placed a special trust in God. Votes: 0

In the midst of applying for American citizenship, of finally attempting to get my presidents in a row, I felt it incumbent upon myself to explore the national psyche in every way. Votes: 0

You know, by the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions. ... You may find you can get away with virtual presidents, virtual prime ministers, virtual everything. Votes: 0

I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process. Votes: 0

In recent years, even as the court has become an increasingly political body, the Senate is not focused on preserving any perceived ideological balance when Democrat presidents have appointed people to the court. Votes: 0

Government grew under [Ronald] Reagan. He was the strongest opponent of free markets in the post-war history among presidents. But it doesn't matter what the reality is; they concocted an image that you worship. Votes: 0

Futurism is another American myth: whether Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan or Obama, American presidents all come into office with a new program, and the conviction that the country is going to be better than ever. Votes: 0

As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the 20th century presidents, I have often thought that their accomplishments have little staying power in shaping popular views of their leadership. Votes: 0

Since the enactment of the War Powers Act in 1973, which I supported then and support now, Congress has been reluctant to assert its authority when presidents decide to send American soldiers into harm's way. Votes: 0

The Week' is my favourite magazine. Everyone from presidents to CEOs of companies love it, politicians, people in the massive charity business in America, in the arts and even more especially in the media. Votes: 0

Europeans have always thought of U.S. presidents as either naive, as they did with Jimmy Carter, or as cowboys, as they did with Lyndon Johnson, and held them in contempt in either case. Votes: 0

'The Week' is my favourite magazine. Everyone from presidents to CEOs of companies love it, politicians, people in the massive charity business in America, in the arts and even more especially in the media. Votes: 0

Our presidency is a cut above, we all want the president to be the absolutely finest person and best person that we could elect, but even at that, presidents are not supposed to be unapproachable. Votes: 0

Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in the big chair to meet big challenges, no matter how difficult. Votes: 0

Our presidency is a cut above, we all want the president to be the absolutely finest person and best person that we could elect, but even at that, presidents are not supposed to be unapproachable. Votes: 0

If we were rational enough to judge what we are fed based on what we are fed, those in the business of selling us hope (i.e., public speakers, presidents, priests, etc.) wouldn't wear suits. Votes: 0

I find that it is much easier now for women to be in any position because, as you see, they are presidents of banks, they are prime ministers, they are doctors. Everything is about women. Votes: 0

Since the emergence of the Republican Party, only two Democratic presidents, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy, have been followed by Democrats, and both FDR and JFK died in office, so their successors ran as incumbents. Votes: 0