President Quotes · Page 47

If we had pursued the war on cancer which President Nixon declared in 1970, Jack Kemp might be alive today.

— Arlen Specter

If a President must constantly remind the people that we're at war, then we're not.

— Bill Maher

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.

— James K. Polk

I didn't view myself as attacking the boss. I viewed my boss at ESPN as the publisher and president of ESPN.

— Gregg Easterbrook

My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President.

— John Hodgman

People roll their eyes at the idea of Kanye West running for president. I do not.

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

We reject: kings, presidents and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and running code.

— David D. Clark

What are you supposed to do - stop practicing law whenever one of your friends becomes president?

— Edward Bennett Williams

The President and I agree that Social Security needs to be preserved so that we can ensure that all Americans receive the…

— Steve Israel

The one thing you never want to do in politics is take the hit for someone else's misconduct - especially someone as…

— Stephen Farnsworth

The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The words, 'penalty,' 'restrict' and 'violate' appeared more times in President Clinton's health care reform bill than in his crime bill.

— Steve Forbes

I must tell you that I am committed, as the president of Iraq, to benchmarks and to do our best to achieve…

— Jalal Talabani

“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Responsibility: Great leaders greet their geniuses through their greatest power of choice, principle-based living and highest…

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

Those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein, and those who believe today that we…

— John F. Kerry

Mr. President, putting it bluntly, wouldn't we just be continuing a bloodbath that already exists in Cambodia if we voted the 222…

— Gerald R. Ford

I wouldn't tell the President [Barack Obama] or any other official, because we are disappointed by their behavior recently, because we expected…

— Bashar al-Assad

Many young women are less whole and androgynous than they were at age ten. They are more appearance-conscious and sex-conscious. They are…

— Mary Pipher

President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars…

— William J. Clinton

Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street's excesses. In case we…

— Rahm Emanuel

Herbert Hoover was a man of genuine, fine character, but he lacked practical political sense. And he couldn't bend and shift and…

— Robert Dallek

The Republicans want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, I want to improve it. I want to build on it, get the…

— Hillary Clinton

I have extremely friendly feelings for German chancellor. I think Angela Merkel is very courageous, and that is one reason I have…

— Emmanuel Macron

But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the…

— Antonio Villaraigosa

Our guest tonight is Michelle Obama, first lady of the United States. She's here to announce her run for president.

— David Letterman

Poverty existed before January 20, 2008, OK? Before President Obama took office.

— Hill Harper

There's a million white people better qualified than a black man to be president of America.

— Randy Newman

It's very noble of President Obama to want to stay at the helm and maybe go down with this sinking ship.

— Sarah Palin

We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.

— Deval Patrick

Since my mom is the President of Ballet Hawaii, I'm always in touch with stuff going on.

— Joan Chen

If Hillary Clinton is president of the United States, nothing is going to happen. It's just going to be talk.

— Donald Trump

Every election, Mickey Mouse looks better and better as President.

— Duncan Long

When you're president, you learn to act like you know what you're talking about. And it's a great skill.

— William J. Clinton

President George W. Bush is endangering the United States and the world's safety while undermining American values.

— George Soros

President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.

— Ted Cruz

I don't regret my votes for President Obama by any stretch of the imagination.

— Julianne Malveaux

I don't want to have thousands of people shot in a city where, essentially, I'm the president.

— Donald Trump

Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists.

— Robert Fisk

I like President Carter; I think he has done a good job considering all the things he's had to face.

— Johnny Paycheck

As for the President-elect [Donald Trump], he has his own views on things, and this is also fairly natural.

— Vladimir Putin