--- title: "12 Current President Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Current President quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Current President sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/sarah-vowell-2016_management_i-like-to-call-him-the-current-president_287632.png" --- > [“I like to call him "the current president" because it's a hopeful phrase, implying that his administration is only temporary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/i-like-to-call-him-the-current-president-because-it-s-a-hopeful/) [Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/sarah-vowell-2016_management_i-like-to-call-him-the-current-president_287632.png) > [I don't think it's good for America to have a former president undermine a current president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/i-don-t-think-it-s-good-for-america-to-have-a-former-president/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1d/george-w-bush-64_america_i-don-t-think-it-s-good-for-america-to-h_2955693.jpg) > [We are trying to pick the next president, not review the birth of the current president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-matthews/we-are-trying-to-pick-the-next-president-not-review-the-birth-of-the/) [Chris Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-matthews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b11/chris-matthews-1682_birth_we-are-trying-to-pick-the-next-president_570522.png) > [No one, no single center, can today command the world. No single group of countries can do it. Under the current U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-gorbachev/no-one-no-single-center-can-today-command-the-world-no-single-group/) [Mikhail Gorbachev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-gorbachev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/mikhail-gorbachev-2500_can-do_no-one-no-single-center-can-today-comman_3011745.jpg) > [The fact of the matter is, we need to have a very clear message. We haven't had that from the current president.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-christie/the-fact-of-the-matter-is-we-need-to-have-a-very-clear-message-we/) [Chris Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/chris-christie-1382_barack_the-fact-of-the-matter-is-we-need-to-hav_1001159.jpg) > [Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for the FBI agent assigned to read this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/not-that-i-want-the-current-president-killed-i-will-for-the-record/) [Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/sarah-vowell-2016_agents_not-that-i-want-the-current-president-ki_1052393.png) > [I think during a campaign it's perfectly OK to do what you need to do. But then the idea, I would argue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-capuano/i-think-during-a-campaign-it-s-perfectly-ok-to-do-what-you-need-to-do/) [Michael Capuano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-capuano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/michael-capuano-5988_best_i-think-during-a-campaign-it-s-perfectly_2188479.jpg) > [That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/that-s-what-i-like-to-call-him-the-current-president-i-find-it/) [Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/sarah-vowell-2016_administration_that-s-what-i-like-to-call-him-the-curre_77979.png) > [At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by the highest public office we attained in our lifetime, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-edwards/at-the-end-of-our-lives-we-will-not-be-judged-by-the-highest-public/) [Elizabeth Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/elizabeth-edwards-3857_cases_at-the-end-of-our-lives-we-will-not-be-j_3121193.jpg) > [Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-campolo/because-of-the-increase-in-life-longevity-america-can-now-assume-that/) [Tony Campolo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-campolo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/tony-campolo-2506_alive_because-of-the-increase-in-life-longevit_1060385.jpg) > [It's important to know, whether you're pro or anti the current president and what he's doing, that he's doing what he thinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-morton/it-s-important-to-know-whether-you-re-pro-or-anti-the-current/) [Joe Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-morton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/joe-morton-3905_better_it-s-important-to-know-whether-you-re-pr_329153.jpg) > [I was watching a documentary that during the Bay of Pigs crisis JFK had about two weeks before anybody reported on it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-was-watching-a-documentary-that-during-the-bay-of-pigs-crisis-jfk/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/barack-obama-17_bay-of-pigs_i-was-watching-a-documentary-that-during_993850.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/current-president/#itemlist", "name": "Current President Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I like to call him \"the current president\" because it's a hopeful phrase, implying that his administration is only temporary.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Vowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/i-like-to-call-him-the-current-president-because-it-s-a-hopeful/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/sarah-vowell-2016_management_i-like-to-call-him-the-current-president_287632.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/sarah-vowell-2016_management_i-like-to-call-him-the-current-president_287632.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/sarah-vowell-2016_management_i-like-to-call-him-the-current-president_287632.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like to call him \"the current president\" because it's a hopeful phrase, implying that his administration…” — Sarah Vowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think it's good for America to have a former president undermine a current president.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George W. 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