President Quotes · Page 89

Now the truth is, a president really can't control the economy, although his policies do have some effect on it.

— Paul Weyrich

In going too far, they [presidents] have taken away the individual rights of American citizens.

— Dick Durbin

I will be a president of all Bulgarians, irrespective of their ethnicity, religion or political affiliations.

— Georgi Parvanov

In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence.

— Marianne Williamson

I would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me, but I'm not anxious to rule it in.

— Colin Powell

[The People] are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

— Harry S Truman

It's going to be very difficult. I don't see the president-elect [Donald Trump] as a legitimate president.

— John Lewis

In his 4 years in the White House, President Carter worked to make the Federal Government more competent and compassionate and more…

— Nathan Deal

The difference between the very wealthy and the working poor has grown. We raise that minimum wage and we move forward with…

— Barbara Boxer

Texas senator and tea party favorite Ted Cruz announced he's running for president. He pledged to lead America boldly forward into the…

— Conan O'Brien

I think it depends on what agenda that female president brings. It's not good if that female president brings an agenda which…

— Jill Stein

Republican secretaries of state from Kissinger to Baker, Powell to Rice, President Bush, 71 United States Senators all supported President Obama's new…

— John F. Kerry

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer,…

— Henry Adams

I work with the president almost on a daily basis. I was with him until 6:30 last night. I'll be with him…

— Dan Quayle

I like my buddies from west Texas. I liked them when I was young; I liked them when I was middle-age; I…

— George W. Bush

[President Johnson] had the political will to say that having one in five Americans living in the kind of abject conditions their…

— Anna Quindlen

Millennials do not know their country at war. They don't see militant Islam as evil. They don't see Islamic terrorism as evil.…

— Rush Limbaugh

During my first press conference as president, in answer to a direct question, I pointed out that, as good Marxist-Leninists, the Soviet…

— Ronald Reagan

As far as the job of President goes, its rewarding and I've given before this group the definition of happiness for the…

— John F. Kennedy

I met with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in February. So he'd been in office about a month. It was for an…

— Rush Limbaugh

Which founders have these presidents cited - and why? What did, say, President [Ronald] Reagan's view of George Washington, or President [Bill]…

— Paul Kengor

Voters decided otherwise [on me as a president candidate] and I will focus on my work here in the Senate because I…

— Marco Rubio

There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified. In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor…

— James Garner

This is exactly why the Electoral College is set up the way it is, so that one state would not elect the…

— Rush Limbaugh

The president doesn't get a line-item veto, so all the budgetary approps stuff is with Congress.

— Tim Kaine

All special assistants to the president are typically political appointees of the first year of the new president.

— Roger Cressey

Well, Hale was one of the first people who suggested to President Johnson that there should be a commission.

— Lindy Boggs

I've heard the call. I believe God wants me to run for president.

— George W. Bush

“Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

President Obama told the Irish people that America will always stand by them, to which Israel laughed.

— Jay Leno

President Clinton celebrates the first casual Friday at the white house by wearing leather chaps.

— Greg Proops

Inexperience because of (President Barack) Obama's inexperience.Look that would be one of the challenges.

— John McCain

Jobs are created in the private sector. Not by the president or the government unless they're government jobs.

— Jesse Ventura

There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.

— Don DeLillo

I think I'm the only president other than John Kennedy who had both parents alive during the presidency.

— George W. Bush

The worst day of my political life was when President George W. Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law.

— Mitch McConnell

Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.

— Anonymous

The best thing that could happen for the president Donald Trump, and the country, is a full and credible investigation.

— Marco Rubio

Under President Obama's leadership, the United States has done more to combat climate change than ever before.

— Brian Deese