Presidency Quotes · Page 8

The only way to tyrantproof the presidency is not to elect tyrants to the presidency.

— Benjamin Wittes

No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war.

— Wendell Willkie

The presidency of the United States is not some crown to be passed between two families.

— Martin O'Malley

Eventually, Nixon ran a very centrist presidency, not a Goldwater conservative presidency.

— Pat Buchanan

If you are an American, you have got to defend the standards of the presidency of the United States.

— Ana Navarro

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

— Douglas Adams

In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.

— Grover Cleveland

Hillary Clinton has secured her place in history. She is the first woman to lead a major party's quest for the presidency.

— Ari Shapiro

From 2002 to the end of his presidency, George W. Bush routinely was accused by the Left of 'creating chaos:' chaos in…

— Monica Crowley

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not…

— Victoria Woodhull

When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to have attacks…

— Michele Bachmann

People will be talking about the [Barack] Obama legacy for decades, and I wanted to include my voice in the analysis of…

— Julianne Malveaux

The moment somebody's a president and you call him "Mr. President," (the person represents) our culture, our history, our sense as our…

— Rahm Emanuel

No words can describe the depths of my regret and pain at the anguish my mistakes over Watergate have caused the nation…

— Richard M. Nixon

“Today, because of the immediacy of the live TV appearance with the direct quote, the presidency seems hamstrung with governing by polls…

— Helen Thomas

The anti-slavery parties were also called spoilers, including the Republican party that went on not just to abolish slavery but they actually…

— Jill Stein

In that first national election after 9/11 in France, Jean-Marine Le Pen did not win the presidency, but he did get to…

— Rachel Maddow

I think it might be better to have the President sort of like the King of England - or the Queen -…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Through the potent example of his own life, President Obama enabled us to believe the best about America, and, therefore, about ourselves.…

— Cynthia P. Schneider

The new [Donald Trump] administration may not want the benefit of [Dan Fried] expertise in terms of figuring out what Russia is…

— Rachel Maddow

There are important arguments to be made about the relative merits of an hereditary or an elected head of state: but not…

— David Cannadine

Bill Clinton gives the appearance of taking stands-for some sort of tax cut, some sort of welfare reform, some sort of balanced…

— Joe Klein

The first thing that I've got to think about is: What does a Donald Trump presidency mean for the people of my…

— Bernie Sanders

Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged…

— Ron Fournier

A Trump presidency feels as if we've crawled between the covers of a really crummy book.

— Lionel Shriver

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

— Neera Tanden

It is rational Republicans who want to pull the plug on the Trump presidency.

— Richard Painter

Concealing one's true medical condition from the voting public is a time-honored tradition of the American presidency.

— Robert Dallek

The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency.

— John Quincy Adams

I've always been of the view that two-term presidency rule is a pretty good one and CEOs shouldn't overstay their welcome.

— Dido Harding

Every President has a certain amount of things at the end of their Presidency that can't be reversed.

— B-Real

George W. Bush did an incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom.

— Rick Perry

You cannot denude the presidency of the substance and power of its office. It can't be done.

— Benjamin Wittes

The job is nothing but a twenty-ring circus-with a whole lot of bad actors.

— Herbert Hoover

There clearly was an Obama administration no-holds-barred attempt to clear the path to the presidency for Hillary Clinton.

— Tom Fitton

Pena Nieto is a product of the two television networks that groomed him for power and then propelled him to the presidency.

— Denise Dresser

Donald Trump you're never going to be president of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency.

— Carly Fiorina

“A librarian for president is exactly what this country needs.”

— Richard Castle

This is a core principle of my presidency - if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.

— Barack Obama

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

— Bernie Sanders