Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands. Votes: 3
Stephen AmbrosePresidents today spend more time speaking than they do reading or thinking. Votes: 3
Kathleen Hall JamiesonPresidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs. Votes: 3
Dan JenkinsPresidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that. Votes: 3
George W. BushI share the Presidents commitment to fighting and winning the war on terrorism. Votes: 3
Richard ShelbyFranklin Delano Roosevelt and J.F Kennedy were Presidents in very different times. Votes: 3
John Kenneth GalbraithPresidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it. Votes: 3
David GreenbergPresidents have to be very organized to govern successfully, and solo artists rarely succeed. Votes: 3
Douglas Holtz-EakinPresidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets. Votes: 3
Nancy GibbsI believe our Presidents work hard and it's the loneliest job in the world. Votes: 3
Condoleezza RicePresidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College. Votes: 3
Thomas E. MannThe Presidents job, is not to wield power himself, but to lead attention away from it. Votes: 3
Douglas AdamsWe elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, then start daring 'em to make good. Votes: 3
Will RogersPresidents don't get vacations - they just get a change of scenery. The job goes with you. Votes: 3
Nancy ReaganWe see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do. Votes: 3
Bill MoyersOnly kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.' Votes: 1
Mark TwainThose [presidents] who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually... Votes: 0
John F. KennedyDifferent presidents have different strengths, they bring different life experiences. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonRepublican presidents talk about freedom. Democratic presidents talk about equality. Votes: 0
Timothy Noah[John] McCain references favorite presidents like Teddy Roosevelt. Hillary cited Eleanor Roosevelt. Votes: 0
Paul KengorI fundamentally believe in term limits, for Congress, presidents, and board members. Votes: 0
Jim BreyerAn important governorship used to be the best springboard for would-be presidents. Votes: 0
Gore VidalIf you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators. Votes: 0
Eleanor CliftSurveillance changes history. We know this through examples of corrupt presidents like Nixon. Votes: 0
Mikko HypponenFew American presidents have been unhappier or lonelier in office than Woodrow Wilson. Votes: 0
Jill LeporeThe presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics. Votes: 0
William Eldridge OdomThere will be great presidents again but there will never be another Camelot. Votes: 0
Jackie KennedyOf course, presidents are always blamed or rewarded for the state of the economy. Votes: 0
James SurowieckiDoctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies. Votes: 0
Malcolm WallopMaxwell's Equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents. Votes: 0
Carl SaganMost presidents come to Washington bright as freshly minted dimes and leave much diminished. Votes: 0
George WillDo people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.' (20) Votes: 0
Don DeLilloWe reject: kings, presidents and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and running code. Votes: 0
David D. ClarkEverybody brings their personality to any position, and that's true for presidents like anyone else. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonIn going too far, they [presidents] have taken away the individual rights of American citizens. Votes: 0
Dick DurbinI have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states. Votes: 0
John Henrik ClarkeThe fact that presidents have done something does not necessarily make it right or constitutional. Votes: 0
Chris EdelsonIn the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen. Votes: 0
Ted KoppelMany presidents have believed in God, but Donald Trump evidently believes that he is God. Votes: 0
Michael R. BurchAssassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are? Votes: 0
Sarah VowellThere are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents. Votes: 0
Bernie SandersYou got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents. Votes: 0
Dick CheneyBut presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House. Votes: 0
Sidney BlumenthalWe may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching. Votes: 0
Al SharptonI'm not impressed with presidents. I have met a few, but I'm not impressed with them. Votes: 0
Emeril LagasseSo I start my mission- leave my residence Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents Votes: 0
RakimThere are a lot of women that I think are very powerful and would be great presidents. Votes: 0
Laura BushI've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man Votes: 0
Charlton HestonI'm out for presidents to represent me (Say what?) I'm out for dead presidents to represent me. Votes: 0
NasAmerican university presidents are a nervous breed; I have never thought well of them as a class. Votes: 0
John Kenneth GalbraithThe U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture. Votes: 0
Richard LammI've met a handful of presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton to George Bush to Barack Obama. Votes: 0
Jimmie JohnsonI have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. Votes: 0
Josephine BakerYou want ass? The cash is first. You got dead presidents, baby, I got a hearse in my purse. Votes: 0
Roxanne ShantePresident 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: 2 Newt Gingrich
At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel. Votes: 3 Leon Botstein
Hikes in the debt ceiling - without any political demands from the opposition party - had been routine until President Obama took office. Votes: 1 Juan Williams
What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference in order to seek their collective wisdom? There is a wealth of experience in former presidents that generally goes untapped. Votes: 4 Tony Campolo
I say let's go back to a truer use of the word 'freedom.' Let's start with President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. I would add the freedom to bargain collectively. Those freedoms are under attack today. Votes: 3 Richard Trumka
Republican presidents talk about freedom. Democratic presidents talk about equality. Votes: 2 Timothy Noah
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. Votes: 4 Andrew Jackson
I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken. Votes: 3 Herman Cain
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: 3 Helen Thomas
The important thing is that we recognize our President's leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing. Votes: 3 Kay Bailey Hutchison
I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up. Votes: 4 Rachel Maddow