President Quotes · Page 57

Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult.

— Jodi Kantor

Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!

— William Howard Taft

Running for president is hard. But it's good preparation. Because being president is a lot harder.

— Mark McKinnon

The first person who contacted us was the assistant to President Eisenhower... in the White House.

— Betty Hill

One of President Obama's first acts was to give a massive boost to America's scientific community.

— Martin Rees

President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement.

— Danny Glover

But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like Bush did.

— Chaka Fattah

I would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me, but I'm not anxious to rule it in.

— Colin Powell

Casey Anthony was found not guilty. This means that President Obama’s economic team is only the second-most clueless group in America.

— Jay Leno

We have gone into a war, an unelected president sending us into a war that the Congress frankly had no right, I…

— Carol Moseley Braun

I'm okay with it now that Obama’s in office. I'm kind of trusting of him. But President Ted Cruz? Where this is…

— Bill Maher

In my wildest dreams, I never would have thought we'd come to the point where were talking about the re-election of a…

— Harvey Gantt

The president of Mexico, or the ex-president, or whatever, whoever, who cares, he said, we will not even consider paying for the…

— Donald Trump

There are few things more dangerous in a democracy than allowing a President to wage secret wars without the knowledge of the…

— Glenn Greenwald

You can be a patriotic American and be a critic, but then you're not expressing that kind of love that we're used…

— Rudy Giuliani

George H. W. Bush is gracious. And I'm not saying any of the former presidents aren't gracious, I'm just saying, this man…

— George W. Bush

We campaigned across the South . . . without a single catcall or boo. It was not until we got north to…

— Jesse Jackson

President Reagan fueled the spirit of America. His smile, his optimism, his total belief in the ultimate triumph of democracy and freedom,…

— Colin Powell

Over on the Democratic side, Martin O'Malley recently spoke about the need for Wall Street reform and said that he isn't running…

— Jimmy Fallon

I think the Bushes would have liked President Coolidge, though I often wonder what nickname 43 would pick for 30. President Bush…

— Amity Shlaes

The presidents poking fun at himself over what goes down. I thought it was a good-natured performance. It made him look good.…

— Brit Hume

Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I enquire after no man's and trouble none…

— Thomas Jefferson

Where gays and lesbians are the best organized and most concentrated in numbers are states that President Clinton must carry in order…

— David Mixner

I feel like he inherited one of the worst economies than any president has ever, ever inherited. I have met Mr. Obama,…

— Vivica A. Fox

President Obama was not friendly to the press, but the press was very friendly to President Obama.

— Jake Tapper

Obama killed Osama. Yes, President Barack Obama gets to crow about the killing of Osama bin Laden.

— Mark McKinnon

One of the biggest sacrifices in running for President, if there is one, is the loss of anonymity.

— George W. Bush

To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa.

— Mo Ibrahim

Clean air is a basic right. The responsibility to ensure that falls to Congress and the president.

— Thomas Carper

The President never intends to get into any kind of war situation. He gets carried away by events.

— Alan Alda

I certainly think Obama is the most hopeful president I've seen in the country since John Kennedy.

— John Irving

For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem.

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

As the president, you're pretty much in a bubble. And golf is a good way to get out of the bubble.

— George W. Bush

As president, improving cyber security will be an immediate and top priority for my administration.

— Donald Trump

“You may not attain the highest height with one leap but my dear; you will reach your destination.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

There is no bigger judgment for a president of the United States than how you take a nation to war.

— John F. Kerry

Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room.

— Madeleine Albright

President Obama's made the White House really the people's house. People feel like they're welcome.

— Hillary Clinton

As a loyal American and I think a patriotic American, no, I don't want Sarah Palin to be president.

— Bill Maher

Obama is for same-sex marriage. If the President is saying that, then who am I to go the other way?

— Curtis Jackson