Presidency Quotes · Page 6

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man.

— Pat Paulsen

The First Month of the Buhari Presidency has been far, far from inspiring

— Okey Ndibe

There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye.

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.

— Shirley Chisholm

If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now.

— Newt Gingrich

As you approach the presidency, no one seems worthy of it, since it wasn't designed for a human in the first place.

— Wilfrid Sheed

For many Americans - many humans - Trump's presidency can often feel unbearable.

— Joy Reid

A Romney presidency will be awesome unless you're poor, sick, gay, female, Mexican or a dog.

— Andy Borowitz

I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment [limiting the presidency to two terms] was a mistake. Shouldn't the people…

— Ronald Reagan

Using the Oval office to cheat on your wife makes you a bad husband and an irresponsible leader. Using the Oval office…

— Jules Carlysle

The single most remarkable (and revealing) fact of the Obama presidency may very well be the lack of a single prosecution of…

— Glenn Greenwald

I think the global markets will probably be selling off with a [Donald] Trump presidency because he has promised to re-do trade…

— Maria Bartiromo

The interesting thing about golf is that the presidency requires focus and discipline, and golf requires focus and discipline. It was a…

— George W. Bush

When historians look at the Obama presidency, they're likely to credit him especially for doing the politically unpopular things that were needed…

— David Ignatius

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

— Bill Vaughan

Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in…

— Abraham Lincoln

I would say of all the things that have happened during the course of my presidency the knowledge that you have hundreds…

— Barack Obama

[Kellyanne] Conway had just explained how they won the presidency. They flipped over 200 counties, and she explained, "Did you ever think,…

— Rush Limbaugh

Because many people remembered a time when the Republican Party was not so extreme, and hadn't full grasped how much it had…

— Jonathan Chait

I still believe the Lewinsky investigation was way off from the focus of what Whitewater was, which turned out to be nothing…

— Rahm Emanuel

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

Even though Lyndon Johnson's presidency was in many ways scarred forever by the war in Vietnam, and destroyed in a lot of…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

If what I've been told is true - and I believe it is, General David Petraeus, a commander with soldiers deployed in…

— Eric Massa

During the course of my presidency crime has been the lowest it's been probably since the '60s. Butyou wouldn't know it if…

— Barack Obama

I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency.

— Dan Quayle

Democrats have an answer to the unemployment problem. They're all running for the Presidency.

— Bob Hope

During the [Barack] Obama presidency, the Dow doubled in real terms. What's more, its growth has been remarkably steady.

— Kevin Drum

Obama's presidency hasn't been dedicated to achieving economic growth in the short term, or about creating jobs.

— John Podhoretz

When you look at the Democratic presidencies you see resurgence in the economy.

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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

— Monica Crowley

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

— Roh Moo-hyun

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

— Eleanor Roosevelt

As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender…

— Martin Van Buren

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

The presidency of the Euro group is an interesting and important task.

— Wolfgang Schauble

The power of the presidency is important, but it is not determinative.

— Edward Snowden

One of the best moments of the Obama presidency was the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

— Brad Schneider

The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.

— Ron Fournier

Certainly there are worse sins than doing everything possible to make your presidency matter.

— Eric Alterman