President Quotes · Page 107

We are the only institution in our society that can question a president on a regular basis and make him accountable. Otherwise,…

— Helen Thomas

Don't accept the post or stay unless you have an understanding with the President that you're free to tell him what you…

— Donald Rumsfeld

The president has very little effect on the economy. If you want to put blame or credit, the main person who influences…

— Robert Fogel

I believe that President [George W.] Bush was correct. I thought that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and I supported him…

— Jeff Sessions

We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with…

— Arlen Specter

We commend President Obama and his administration for taking this strong action against Iceland and its barbaric whaling industry... and we urge…

— Hayden Panettiere

President George] Bush talked to us like we were a bunch of morons and we ate it up. Can you imagine, the…

— John Updike

Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president…

— Frankie Avalon

This Administration [of Barack Obama] favors a pluralistic world and respects cultural differences, so it's wrong for the West and American elitists…

— Joe Biden

If I'm president, some day, young kids will look at the world differently. They will say, I could be president some day.…

— Barack Obama

Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina also criticized Donald Trump during the campaign, but now she was arguing that the new president…

— Michel Martin

The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to me horribly…

— Patrick Henry

We do have a black president, and that means a lot. People ask, 'What has he done?' What he's done is change…

— Glynn Turman

I grew up in the '50s and '60s when Jack Kennedy was president. We would watch him on television. And our teachers…

— Dick Gephardt

I don't make any secret of the fact that I'm closer to the Republicans than to the Democrats. But even under a…

— Garry Kasparov

The CIA's official history of the Bay of Pigs operation is filled with dramatic and harrowing details that not only lay bare…

— Robert Dallek

I think, all in all, the Obama administration and what President Obama has focused on has lived up to our need to…

— John F. Kerry

One critic in the L.A. Times said John Kerry looks like he is thinking too much. Well this is one place President…

— Jay Leno

President Obama is asking Congress to support a military strike in Syria. If they approve, it will be the first time Congress…

— Jay Leno

A lot of people are wanting him [Barack Obama] to be the president just because he's black. But I think he does…

— Trey Songz

A big win for [Hillary] Clinton would allow her to claim that the country rejected Trumpism, while a narrow win leaves her…

— Mara Liasson

I am running for president as a Democrat. And if elected, not only do I hope to bring forth a major change…

— Bernie Sanders

“Therefore, it is in our mutual interests to cause unrest and chaos within America. The new American president is a weak man.”

— Tom Clancy

You serve the country, and you help the President. If the President wants you to leave, you know, you are two corridors…

— Newt Gingrich

At the height of the Cold War, when Ronald Reagan was president, the Soviets and their allies and satellites did not shirk…

— Elliott Abrams

After President Obama's election, efforts at othering Obama quickly became about smearing his non-partisan allies and ambassadors.

— Christine Pelosi

I find myself in a new and strange position here: President, cabinet, Gen. Scott, and all deferring to me. By some strange…

— George B. McClellan

The President should be focused on making the lives of Americans better. It's what he promised. It's what the country needs.

— Anthony Scaramucci

The president's budget request today demonstrates his unwillingness to come clean on the true costs of his agenda. A penny saved is…

— Mary Landrieu

I think what the president [Barack Obama] understands, and what he's trying to do, is that we have to support the Arab…

— Hillary Clinton

It's my name on the ballot, and it's me running this race. I'm the one doing this. Not my father and not…

— Anonymous

In his speech President Bush said we need to rebuild Iraq, provide the people with jobs, and give them hope. If it…

— Jay Leno

In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that…

— Karen Hughes

Never be easy for any president to deal with any Congress. But republicans got to work together. We got to get things…

— Chris Christie

Baseball's Opening Day is full of time-honored traditions: the President throws out the first ball, the Cubs' starting pitcher walks away with…

— Rob Sheffield

Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. The marathon was won in record time by a Democrat candidate running away from President…

— Conan O'Brien

Any analyst at any time can target anyone. Any selector, anywhere I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap…

— Edward Snowden

We've known for years that the president of the United States is a cyberbully, a misogynist who has this thing about women…

— Bridget Johnson

President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership…

— William J. Clinton

I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without…

— Harry S. Truman