President Quotes · Page 168

I can remember the morning after President Nixon won re-election in 1972. His chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, called a Cabinet meeting…

— Helen Thomas

I spent a lot of time with President Mandela supporting his efforts in the peace process in Burundi. The thing that impressed…

— John Prendergast

Democrats in state legislatures are at their lowest level since the 1920s. President Obama has a can't-miss strategy to save the party…

— Craig Ferguson

Obama was the first president whose biography makes sense to me. He can walk into a room anywhere and find common ground…

— Claire Messud

'The Cosby Show' - no one thought there's doctors and lawyers who are married and live in brownstones! Back then no one…

— Keshia Knight Pulliam

It is hard for people outside the White House to understand the constant daily problems and issues that come up that require…

— Fred F. Fielding

Why is there no mandate? You [Democrats] have lost 60 congressional seats since President [Barack] Obama got there. You lost more than…

— Kellyanne Conway

I voted for Justice Breyer and Justice Ginsburg. Not because I agreed with their ideology, but because I thought they were qualified…

— John McCain

Here is the thing people do not understand. And I have said this repeatedly. I am not against changes in U.S. policy…

— Marco Rubio

Now, the situation is much worse in Indonesia than 10 years ago. It is because then, there was still some hope. The…

— Andre Vltchek

This is like the gun you shoot at the beginning of the race or the bell that you ring at the beginning…

— Tamar Jacoby

So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all…

— George W. Bush

Working with Republicans in Congress we've already signed 88 pieces of legislation. We get no credit. They always say, well, President Trump…

— Donald Trump

I think that the Republicans who have been cautious, recognizing that they have to be concerned about their re-elections, etc., they won't…

— Maxine Waters

If President Clinton has his way, we will have a false debate in the 1996 election campaign. It will not engage real…

— Robert J. Samuelson

I'm really curious about the memory of Nixon for people who grew up under Clinton. What do people remember of him? In…

— Austin Grossman

Nine out of ten Americans are actually monarchists at bottom. The fact is proved by their high suseptibility to political claims by…

— H. L. Mencken

I applaud President Obama for launching his 'My Brother's Keeper' initiative that is aimed to empower our youth to achieve success.

— Charles B. Rangel

The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of…

— Nancy Pelosi

It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a…

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

As you know, several times, McCain talked about serving his country in Vietnam, which is a nice change after 16 years and…

— Jay Leno

I'm against Trans-Pacific Partnership now. I'll be against it after the election. I'll be against it when I'm president.

— Hillary Clinton

Protected by a no-fly zone, surrounded by protesters, Trump Tower is buzzing with intensity. The president-elect's family, loyalist advisers and wannabes all…

— George Stephanopoulos

President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right.

— Pete Hegseth

Many presidents - and they're not all Republicans - they're just determined to take apart this behemoth that's the administrative state. And…

— Brian Balogh

God is on my side, and that's all I need. I get up in the morning, I pray to God. I don't…

— Mr. T

When I worked in the White House for President Carter, we tried to do comprehensive tax reform and we made some progress,…

— David Rubenstein

The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth revealing,…

— Dave Barry

I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person…

— Daniel Fried

[I]nstead of spending your energy attacking the parts of the president's [health care] proposal you don't like, you can use it to…

— Kathleen Sebelius

There's no doubt that there's some folks who just really dislike me because they don't like the idea of a black president.

— Barack Obama

I think that the responsibility that the Democrats had may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or…

— William J. Clinton

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al…

— Barack Obama

We're going to continue to move forward and fight. I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address…

— Al Sharpton

Hillary Clinton flew with President Bush to New York City on Tuesday. She was amazed at the changes aboard Air Force One.…

— Argus Hamilton

Hale had answered when the President of the United States can't go to a city of the United States and be protected,…

— Lindy Boggs

I'm very grateful that Barack Obama as president very much put protection of privacy on the agenda today, due to the fact…

— Angela Merkel

[Michelle Obama] used to say to our friends, "Barack's exactly the kind of guy I want to be president. I just wish…

— Barack Obama

About President Bush's stand against condoms, condoms will not protect you from AIDS . So to just throw a bunch of condoms…

— Christine O'Donnell

I don't think President Obama has been that revolutionary in reaching out to ethnic communities. President Reagan did a lot for the…

— Terrence Howard