Presidency Quotes · Page 5

Hillary Clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency.

— Donald Trump

Healthcare in the U.S. remains a dire mess, and the Obama presidency, unfortunately, didn't really address that.

— David Garrow

Four times Hillary Clinton has lost the presidency in eight years, a modern American record.

— Rush Limbaugh

[George W.] Bush's presidency was one of the great nightmares of my life to date.

— Alexander Weinstein

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

— John F. Kennedy

The truth is liberals are using every tactic possible to drown the Trump presidency.

— Kayleigh McEnany

One of the best moments of the Obama presidency was the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

— Brad Schneider

The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Obama's pop-cultural focus may seem demeaning to the office of the presidency. It may be mockable. But it is also tremendously effective.

— Ben Shapiro

Bill Klinton was the ultimate rock star as president. I don't think as a result of his presidency we will ever have…

— Joe Eszterhas

Lyndon B. Johnson thought he'd have the boys home from Vietnam by Christmas - for four Christmases in a row (he never…

— Rick Perlstein

The consequences of President Johnsons campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military,…

— Eric Alterman

Donald Trump may undermine some of the traditional checks on the presidency: the press in particular, but also the various government and…

— Anne Applebaum

We are asking the wrong question. The issue is not who should be trusted with all the power of the Presidency. Instead,…

— James Bovard

I'm forever a former president and I understand that, but at this point in my post-presidency, I don't want to be involved…

— George W. Bush

We didn't make much progress on the country's agenda. And in my view it's because the Senate basically hadn't done much of…

— Mitch McConnell

When a republic's most venerable institutions no longer operate as they were intended, it becomes possible for small cabals to usurp power,…

— T. D. Allman

“The President was trapped – and with nearly every president, it had come about from his own words. Presidential promises and statements……

— Tom Clancy

We've got a lot of down-ballot candidates that are also being lifted up by this campaign [for Presidency in 2016]. If we…

— Jill Stein

[Barack] Obama was reaching a point [with Syria bombing] where he might not have been able to carry it off.He was losing…

— Noam Chomsky

Inevitably it's going to cause some terrible misogynist backlash, and I assume we'll look forward to eight years of jaw-droppingly sexist statements…

— Joss Whedon

We look a little bit disorderly, indecisive, leaderless. That's a real problem, and that's a problem that concerns me particularly on foreign…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

In the modern presidency, the Chief Executive is expected to respond to anxious national moments with words that stabilize the country. President…

— John Dickerson

I understood because of his personality. [Donald Trump] is different. And for years the presidency has been like a smooth ride and…

— Jim Brown

The power of the presidency is important, but it is not determinative.

— Edward Snowden

The presidency of the Euro group is an interesting and important task.

— Wolfgang Schauble

I know that given great responsibility men sometimes change, but Mr. Nixon's Presidency would worry me.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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

— Roh Moo-hyun

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender…

— Martin Van Buren

Each day of the Obama presidency seems to bring a new, perversely delicious irony.

— Monica Crowley

To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.

— Gerald R. Ford

Certainly there are worse sins than doing everything possible to make your presidency matter.

— Eric Alterman

The great contest for the presidency is about the future, who can lead, who can get things done.

— George W. Bush

Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.

— Ron Fournier

If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over.

— Anonymous

My proudest accomplishment was that I never dropped a bomb, fired a bullet, or shot a missile.

— Jimmy Carter

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into it

— Thomas Jefferson

I was incredulous as the bias of the media in terms of the candidates [for presidency]. I was incredulous at the fake…

— Paula Broadwell

When I leave the office on January 20th, I will leave even more idealistic than I was the day I took the…

— William J. Clinton