Quotes of Presidency - somelinesforyou

“ No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the presidency. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now. ”

- Newt Gingrich

“ 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. ”

- Andrew Jackson

“ We're going to hear a lot of spirited discussion about the President's plan in the next few days and weeks and that's fine as long as everyone comes ready. ”

- George Allen

“ President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards. ”

- Conor Cruise O’Brien

“ A president's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed. ”

- James Buchanan

“ I think it will happen probably in the next few terms of the presidency in the United States. ”

- Laura Bush

“ Turning the presidency over to a woman of Michelle's stature will be a privilege. ”

- Ricardo Lagos

“ My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, "Hey, I'm rich". ”

- Charles Barkley

“ Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. ”

- Douglas Adams

“ All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. ”

- Harry S.Truman

“ All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. ”

- Harry Truman

“ If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back. ”

- Ulysses S. Grant

“ I think there's a great need for a progressive candidate for the presidency,... The two parties are very much dialing for the same commercial dollars. The two parties are ignoring issues like a living wage. ”

- Ralph Nader

“ Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other… ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office. ”

- David Broder

“ The vice-presidency ain't worth a pitcher of warm spit. ”

- Vice President John Nance Garner

“ The presidency is temporary but the family is permanent. ”

- Yvonne De Gaulle

“ Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize. ”

- Saul Bellow

“ I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the cancer was not removed the president himself would be killed by it. ”

- John Dean

“ Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned. ”

- Samuel Dash

“ I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest. ”

- Al Gore

“ The presidency is more than a popularity contest. ”

- Al Gore

“ The presidency is a huge echo chamber magnifying every little thing he does. ”

- Stephen Hess

“ I reached a situation in which I cannot conduct the presidency. ”

- Moo hyum Roh

“ I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. ”

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

“ I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President. ”

- Charlie Chaplin

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

- Golda Meir
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