President Quotes · Page 86

The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president.

— Jesse Jackson

I have tremendous faith in President Obama's skills. He's a long-term visionary.

— Deepak Chopra

For an incumbent like a president, who's been in the news every day, their family, they're well known.

— Mitt Romney

[Hillary Clinton] really wants to be president. She wanted to be president in '08. She's hardly left the spotlight.

— Terry Gross

To be fair, Republicans are not blameless. The deficit began to spiral out of control on President Bush's watch.

— Rob Woodall

I'll be so presidential that you people will be screaming loosen up president. Loosen up.

— Donald Trump

“Choices, options, decisions abound. Choose right, take the best option and decide well.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

[Donald Trump] needs to take action today before he becomes president so he doesn't violate the Constitution.

— Chuck Todd

As president, I will take that work, that bipartisan work, that finding common ground, because you have to be able to get…

— Hillary Clinton

President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the…

— Ken Follett

I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is…

— Patricia Ireland

If the president of the United States says that attacks on civilians, starvation, and denial of religious freedom in Sudan are important…

— Elliott Abrams

A president can be unpopular for good reasons. You know, I'm not always on the side that the people are right, for…

— Bill Maher

President Obama. He is the man. I've tried the rest, and he is the best. My dream is for him to appoint…

— Andy Kindler

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…

— George W. Bush

The other night, President Bush's press conference was pre-empted by 'American Idol.' You know the difference between President Bush and 'American Idol?'…

— Jay Leno

The fighter (like the writer) must stand alone. If he loses he cannot call an executive conference and throw off on a…

— A. J. Liebling

A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it…

— Lewis H. Lapham

[The Maldives] they've become deeply politically engaged - just for instance, the president taught his whole cabinet to scuba dive so they…

— Bill McKibben

I've all venture a guess as we saw a lot of those executives going in for the viewers, we saw a bunch…

— Kellyanne Conway

Take the life issue. This issue requires a president and an administration leading our nation to understand the importance of life. This…

— George W. Bush

When my husband was president, we went from a $300 billion deficit to a $200 billion surplus and we were actually on…

— Hillary Clinton

I think the Obama administration, whether it's in his first term or second term, is totally committed to the search for peace…

— Michael Oren

University presidents should be loud and forceful in defending the university as a social good, essential to the democratic culture and economy…

— Henry Giroux

What do you call a comedian who runs for president? A trump card.

— Michael R. Burch

I ask Hoosiers to come together and vote for Barack Obama to be our next President.

— Joe Andrew

If the president of the United States, if he's smart, if he needs help, he’d come. I could do a favor for…

— Paul Castellano

The Senate gathered to say goodbye to Vice President Joe Biden. Biden has been a presence there for more than 40 years.

— Ari Shapiro

“You have to respect the choice of the masses when they willfully elect a corrupt government.”

— Steven Magee

I think President's candidates need shock collars or something.

— Ted Cruz

I've heard it for years, if you're very successful you can't run for high office, especially for President.

— Donald Trump

Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president,

— Wesley Clark

I doubt if there will ever be another Republican president in my lifetime.

— David A. Siegel

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

— Michael R. Burch

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The President has apologized for his activities with Monica Lewinsky. These were too little, too late, in my opinion.

— Barbara Cubin

President George Washington used to wear a wig and make-up. I mean, c'mon, if he could do it, I can do it.

— Nikki Sixx

This country was the moral leader of the world until George Bush became president.

— Howard Dean

How will a President Trump bind those wounds rubbed so raw by this campaign?

— George Stephanopoulos

I cannot, whilst President of the United States, descend to enter into a newspaper controversy.

— James K. Polk