Presidency Quotes · Page 4

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I know that given great responsibility men sometimes change, but Mr. Nixon's Presidency would worry me.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I reached a situation in which I cannot conduct the presidency.

— Roh Moo-hyun

Each day of the Obama presidency seems to bring a new, perversely delicious irony.

— Monica Crowley

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

— Paula Broadwell

Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.

— Mick Jagger

The Sudan bombing is a blot on the Clinton presidency, and a blot it ought to remain.

— Timothy Noah

The presidency is not merely an administrative office...It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Bill Klinton was the ultimate rock star as president. I don't think as a result of his presidency we will ever have…

— Joe Eszterhas

The consequences of President Johnsons campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military,…

— Eric Alterman

Donald Trump may undermine some of the traditional checks on the presidency: the press in particular, but also the various government and…

— Anne Applebaum

We are asking the wrong question. The issue is not who should be trusted with all the power of the Presidency. Instead,…

— James Bovard

Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing…

— Jimmy Carter

It's an appeal as old as America and its presidency: This is an extraordinary country populated by hard-working, big-dreaming, freedom-loving people graced…

— Ron Fournier

We have entered the era of the "imperial" former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for…

— Lawton Chiles

The presidency is probably the loneliest office in America. Regardless of your friends, regardless of how good your marriage is, regardless of…

— Robert Reich

Boris Nemtsov and I began to argue after Putin's return to the presidency in 2012. In my opinion, there was no longer…

— Garry Kasparov

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

I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think,…

— Abraham Lincoln

When a republic's most venerable institutions no longer operate as they were intended, it becomes possible for small cabals to usurp power,…

— T. D. Allman

We've got a lot of down-ballot candidates that are also being lifted up by this campaign [for Presidency in 2016]. If we…

— Jill Stein

[Barack] Obama was reaching a point [with Syria bombing] where he might not have been able to carry it off.He was losing…

— Noam Chomsky

“The President was trapped – and with nearly every president, it had come about from his own words. Presidential promises and statements……

— Tom Clancy

I am extremely ecstatic about the presidency of Barack Obama. I think he is paving the way for young African-American men like…

— Texas Battle

The student community of Presidency College was also politically most active.

— Amartya Sen

I can't think of a man more worthy of the presidency then my good friend Sam Nunn.

— Jimmy Carter

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

— Richard M. Nixon

The presidency is a huge echo chamber magnifying every little thing he does.

— Stephen Hess

The last few months of George Bush's presidency brought Obama and nobody can be happy about that.

— Donald Trump

Richard Nixon built his presidency on his notorious 'Southern strategy.'

— Steve Kornacki

The presidency is not a collegial body... He will surround himself with people who share his vision.

— Luis Videgaray Caso

As everyone knows, I have never been a fan of George Bush's presidency.

— Tom Tancredo

The politicization of the presidency would pose a real threat to the institution and its function.

— Reuven Rivlin

Trump's inability to control his own emotions is standing between himself and the presidency.

— Chuck Todd

When it comes to the presidency, I will not vote for Donald Trump.

— Henry Paulson

My fellow citizens, the American Presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.

— Sarah Palin

Well, Warren Harding, I have got you the presidency. What are you going to do with it?

— Florence Harding

All Jews in America that care about the U.S.-Israel alliance know they can sleep peacefully under a Biden presidency.

— Haim Saban

Questions about Trump's psychological stability have mounted throughout his presidency.

— George T. Conway III

The office of the presidency is what's important, no matter who's in it.

— Powers Boothe