The presidency is not merely an administrative office...It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I can't think of a man more worthy of the presidency then my good friend Sam Nunn. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Those few days after Kent State were among the darkest of my presidency. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The student community of Presidency College was also politically most active. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into it — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
My proudest accomplishment was that I never dropped a bomb, fired a bullet, or shot a missile. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think the presidency is much too serious a thing to just play politics with. — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
The small moments I've had to talk with President Obama, I've told him, 'I get it.' His presidency was in some ways… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
In their day, no man worthy of the presidency would ever stoop to campaigning for it. George Washington was asked to serve.… — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
Donald Trump may undermine some of the traditional checks on the presidency: the press in particular, but also the various government and… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
We are asking the wrong question. The issue is not who should be trusted with all the power of the Presidency. Instead,… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Lyndon B. Johnson thought he'd have the boys home from Vietnam by Christmas - for four Christmases in a row (he never… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
The consequences of President Johnsons campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military,… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
The 2012 presidential campaign's turn away from the classic, straight-up, American election - where the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
Because many people remembered a time when the Republican Party was not so extreme, and hadn't full grasped how much it had… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Barack Obama's devastating. His policies and his presidency are devastating. But I have this confidence that he's not gonna succeed in total… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If Donald Trump is just tweeting about a union guy, then he's just being the bully we have seen. But if he… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The post-presidency, as Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have proved, is a win-win. Money, Nobels, the ability to leverage your global celebrity… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
The Grand Old Party's abiding affection for a 'bigger and better' presidency isn't entirely logical. After all, the Obama presidency commenced with… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
I serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama]… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
I was incredulous as the bias of the media in terms of the candidates [for presidency]. I was incredulous at the fake… — Paula Broadwell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The presidency comes with the greatest level of scrutiny and criticism of any position. — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
The problem is, there was plenty of trash talk during my presidency. A lot. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
The Sudan bombing is a blot on the Clinton presidency, and a blot it ought to remain. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States. — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job. — James Fallows Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the appraisal of Grant's presidency rests upon posterity's view of Reconstruction. — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The beauty of a Biden presidency is that you don't have to like him to know he will be good for America. — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
The Left is deeply invested in Obama's presidency; they believe he's too important, symbolically, to fail. — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
To be a great president, you have to have a war. All the great presidents have had their wars. — Adm James Crowe Copy Share Image
No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
It's hard to say what the Founding Fathers would think of the modern presidency. — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image