President Quotes · Page 79

A president is supposed to calm the American people with sober decision-making in the national interest.

— Monica Crowley

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.

— Harry S Truman

Presidents don't have power. Their job is to draw attention away from it.

— Douglas Adams

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.

— Henry Adams

If there's a major foreign policy event, the President gets on TV, the Congress doesn't.

— Nate Silver

You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.

— Barbara Bush

I would love to be able to serve in office in some capacity with Romney as president.

— Jim Talent

The first thing I'd do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.

— Barack Obama

When sudden death takes a president, opportunities for new beginnings flourish among the ambitious and the tensions among such people can be…

— Russell Baker

Tomorrow night President Obama will announce his new immigration plan. Obama's favorite part of his new immigration plan is that he gets…

— Conan O'Brien

Electing a black man named Barack Obama President in the same country that elected George W. Bush - twice! - is as…

— Jay-Z

In the past, presidents had been consulted about those kinds of decisions by SGs, and I thought it was the right thing…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

I wasn't the president. And my first wife thinks I'm great. And my second wife and my - and I have a…

— Donald Trump

I don't think we live in a place where we don't want people to be able to say when they disagree with…

— Rush Limbaugh

We are still waiting for the president to introduce a concrete plan. He has just hinted at what he is thinking about…

— Grace Napolitano

The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe,…

— John Ensign

I think George Bush is the most corrupt American president since Harding in the Twenties. He is not the legitimate president. This…

— Ken Livingstone

I remember when President Bush, George W. Bush, came into office, he focused on No Child Left Behind, and with - and…

— Lamar Alexander

You have the same mandate whether it's a close result or - you're the President of the United States, you have to…

— Rudy Giuliani

We all have a suspicion and hope that we've just been part of something special, something that may eventually change our lives.…

— Rob Lowe

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power…

— Oriana Fallaci

We have been engaging the Government of Swaziland for some time on this issue of the democratization of Swaziland. In particular, I…

— Thabo Mbeki

I would be a president for all of the people, African- Americans, the inner cities. Devastating what's happening to our inner cities.…

— Donald Trump

Our country is the best country in the world. We are swimming in prosperity and our President is the best president in…

— John Cheever

My guiding principle as president has been to try to do the right thing even when it's not politically convenient.

— Barack Obama

The president of the United States let the consulate in Libya become a death trap.

— Lindsey Graham

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; Im beginning to believe it.

— Clarence Darrow

We don't want a president who fails at domestic and foreign policy.

— Pat Robertson

The president can't change the country on his own. But what can he do? He can give an example.

— Volodymyr Zelensky

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

— Samantha Power

The new rule of thumb is that 80% of a president's time must be spent in raising funds for their schools.

— James E. Rogers

I don't want my title to define my character. I don't think, as a president, I will change.

— George Weah

It's amazing what you can accomplish if you simply refuse to quit.

— Porter Stansberry

How many presidents, do you think, ever said to another guy: 'I can't believe we're doing this in the White House'?

— Greg Behrendt

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president.

— Paul D. Boyer

You shouldn't have one opinion when you're running and another when you're president.

— Rand Paul

When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.

— Barack Obama

Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.

— Mark McKinnon

The Presidents job, is not to wield power himself, but to lead attention away from it.

— Douglas Adams

My men and I have decided that our boss, the president of the United States, is as tough as woodpecker lips.

— Anonymous