President Quotes · Page 370

If I look back to when I was 20 and somebody said you'd be president, I would have said no way.

— George W. Bush

Her nomination for vice president in 2008 represents the most desperate inclinations of the Republican Party. In two hundred years, I suspect…

— Chuck Klosterman

We are even more confident that when President Goodluck Jonathan returns in 2015, women would be talking about 50 percent, no longer…

— Kema Chikwe

Obama's people will all often complain about how trivial and silly the media is, but there's no president who's probably benefited from…

— Michael Hastings

Obviously if you are an accountant, a criminal lawyer, a president, or a senator, or if you work in a funeral parlor,…

— Jean Pigozzi

The question's whether or not there's an American interest in the Civil War [in Syria]. The question is whether or not a…

— Rand Paul

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

Economically and politically, Germany is extremely stable. There are countries with functioning governments whose institutions don't work. My only concern is about…

— Sigmar Gabriel

Though President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday in 1894, the occasion was first observed on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City.

— Brendan I. Koerner

The president doesn't get a line-item veto, so all the budgetary approps stuff is with Congress.

— Tim Kaine

An eminent American is reported to have said to friends who wished to put him forward, 'Gentlemen, let there be no mistake.…

— James Bryce

For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I remember in 2000, when President Clinton came to Cartagena just before Plan Colombia started, the country was on the verge of…

— Juan Manuel Santos

When the President is making it harder to mine coal, to use coal, to take advantage of our gas resources, to make…

— Mitt Romney

We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.

— Geraldine Ferraro

If the Federal Reserve pursues a policy which Congress or the President believes not to be in the public interest, there is…

— Wright Patman

“Don't ever feel sad about who you are. Don't wish to be a daughter or son to a wealthy home, just because…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Did Rahm Emmanuel serve President Barack] Obama or did he serve himself as he prepared to run for Mayor of Chicago? I…

— Julianne Malveaux

Yesterday, the country of Kosovo unveiled an 11-foot tall statue of former President Clinton. Yeah. That's right. The Clinton statue is so…

— Conan O'Brien

I'm very proud that President [George W.] Bush took on AIDS relief. It was the largest single response by any country to…

— Condoleezza Rice

President Reagan's one-liners were terrific.

— Geraldine Ferraro

One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.

— Samantha Power

We pursued the wrong policies. George Bush is not on the ballot. Bill Clinton is not on the ballot. Mitt Romney is…

— Glenn Hubbard

I look at what the president [Barack Obama] it doing, it adds up to me. We just have to keep - try…

— Hillary Clinton

We have to have a president who is clear that you don't deal with Russia based on staring into his eyes and…

— Barack Obama