Presidency Quotes · Page 2

Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted…

— Anonymous

Throughout Ronnie's presidency, there was an ongoing public discussion as to how much influence the first lady should have on the president.…

— Nancy Reagan

“Americans expect the president to right the wrongs that plague us—and we blame him when he fails. Because we invest impossible expectations…

— Gene Healy

Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs.

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

As a president I will be like the candidate that I am, a respectful candidate, a rallying candidate, a normal candidate for…

— Francois Hollande

Hip-hop is contributing to American society's misogyny and racism, hyper-sexuality anti-Black representations. Hip-Hop isn't setting the standard for misogyny. No one reduces…

— Bakari Kitwana

One of the gratifying things, I think, about the end of my presidency even though admittedly my successor ran against a lot…

— Barack Obama

Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his…

— Maya Angelou

I think that we are in a position to continue to make progress, but it's gonna require us to both recognize what…

— Barack Obama

In sum, the Court's conclusion that a constitutionally adequate recount is impractical is a prophecy the Court's own judgment will not allow…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I can document this past week [of presidency] we've put out memos from every agency showing what did we do. Try to…

— Barack Obama

What this [presidency] campaign is about this bringing millions of people jobs in this country.

— Bernie Sanders

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Donald [Trump], you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That's not going to happen.

— Jeb Bush

[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that…

— Nancy Gibbs

“For me, the nomination of Barack Obama as a candidate for president and his inauguration in Washington represents a brief glimpse at…

— John Lewis

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— Kenneth Melvin Jr

Public image is extremely important in American society and I observed personally that the Presidency of John F. Kennedy did much in…

— Henry Rosovsky

As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish.

— Eric Alterman

I concede that, in the first 18 months of his presidency, Obama has not accomplished all that he campaigned on.

— Neera Tanden

Unsuccessful candidates for the Presidency should be quietly hanged as a matter of public sanitation and decorum.

— H. L. Mencken

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.

— Al Gore

I was incredulous as the bias of the media in terms of the candidates [for presidency]. I was incredulous at the fake…

— Paula Broadwell

The media theme was, "June is when you win the presidency," because that's what they thought Hillary [Clinton] was doing. Hillary was…

— Rush Limbaugh

There has been a lot of talk lately about the burdens of the Presidency. Decisions that the President has to make often…

— Harry S. Truman