Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell. — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
Our great presidents have been stewards, men who broadly identified with the whole of America. — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
An earthquake strikes Haiti, and care packages from America are among the first to arrive - and not far behind are former… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
When you look at the development of the American presidency, you see that the presidents who have had the greatest impact are… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
In my opinion governors don't make the best presidents. That's my opinion and it's because they don't have the foreign policy experience… — Kay Bailey Hutchison Copy Share Image
When I am speaking about American presidents, I have to speak about my very special relations with President Clinton. He contributed more… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events. — George Will Copy Share Image
The deficit only became a big problem in the Reagan-Bush years. For 12 years, Republican presidents talked about balancing the budget, but… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
I wasn't any good at sports, but I could name all the presidents by the time I was six. I've always been… — John Fugelsang Copy Share Image
True, most Americans give lip service to the proposition that even the most exalted among us have their flaws, but we are… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
The Presidency is not merely an administrative office. Thats the least of it. It is more than an engineering job, efficient or… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Three times a year, there's Strategicon convention, and I go for the board games. It happens Presidents Day, Labor Day, and Memorial… — Rich Sommer Copy Share Image
As an economist specializing in the global economy, international trade and debt, I have spent most of my career helping others make… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
Since the enactment of the War Powers Act in 1973, which I supported then and support now, Congress has been reluctant to… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
The presidency awed me, but presidents do not. Perhaps I have always expected too much of them, but I believe that when… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
“Presidents rise and fall according to how they handle a crisis - an invasion, a depression, a massive oil spill - but… — Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy Copy Share Image
Whenever I came up against presidents of other companies, I was always smarter, because I was from the streets. — Berry Gordy Copy Share Image
Memo to future presidents: Never stake your entire survival on the painful passing of a bad bill. Never take the country down… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
The Cold War is over. The kind of authority that the presidents asserted during the Cold War has now been diminished. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
I've never been a fan of presidents who place blame on their predecessors or who accept credit for events that couldn't have… — Kathleen Parker Copy Share Image
Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don't necessarily make good politicians themselves. — George Packer Copy Share Image
Presidents don't have the benefit of hindsight. You have to make difficult decisions based on the information that's before you at that… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“If we were rational enough to judge what we are fed based on what we are fed, those in the business of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
“Donald Trump’s economic policies are geared toward enriching White male power—but at the expense of most of his White male followers, along… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
Some of the presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
There have been presidents with business interests before. But there has never been a fully commercialized global brand as a sitting U.S.… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties. — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
Throughout American history, we have elected presidents who had not been honest man. Warren Harding, Richard Nixon, to some extent, Lyndon Johnson… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention." [ Shrub Flubs… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Presidents generally do what they are good at in their first four years, then spend their second term responding to the agendas… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
Presidents always want to do nice, noble, long-run things, and Congress is less keen to do so. We've seen that throughout the… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image