--- title: "8 President Person Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 President Person quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best President Person sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/james-a-garfield-3517_people_the-president-is-the-last-person-in-the_297098.jpg" --- > [ \[The President is\] the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-garfield/the-president-is-the-last-person-in-the-world-to-know-what-the-people/) [James A. Garfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-garfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/james-a-garfield-3517_people_the-president-is-the-last-person-in-the_297098.jpg) > [The moment somebody's a president and you call him "Mr. President," (the person represents) our culture, our history, our sense as our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rahm-emanuel/the-moment-somebody-s-a-president-and-you-call-him-mr-president-the/) [Rahm Emanuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rahm-emanuel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80b/rahm-emanuel-4413_culture_the-moment-somebody-s-a-president-and-yo_384350.jpg) > [I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/i-think-that-the-vice-president-is-a-person-reflecting-a-half-glass/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/george-w-bush-64_bushism_i-think-that-the-vice-president-is-a-per_911460.jpg) > [I'd always thought leadership was a CEO or president or person in a position of power. And honestly, to me, that meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-foudy/i-d-always-thought-leadership-was-a-ceo-or-president-or-person-in-a/) [Julie Foudy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-foudy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/julie-foudy-9535_history_i-d-always-thought-leadership-was-a-ceo_1031694.jpg) > [The person who runs FEMA is someone who must have the trust of the president. Because the person who runs FEMA is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/the-person-who-runs-fema-is-someone-who-must-have-the-trust-of-the/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca0/george-w-bush-64_firsts_the-person-who-runs-fema-is-someone-who_1039977.jpg) > [The person who runs FEMA is someone who must have the trust of the president because the person who runs FEMA is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/the-person-who-runs-fema-is-someone-who-must-have-the-trust-of-the-2/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/george-w-bush-64_firsts_the-person-who-runs-fema-is-someone-who_1116191.jpg) > [The president is the one person who potentially could be the unifying figure in the country. And if the president or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-w-brands/the-president-is-the-one-person-who-potentially-could-be-the-unifying/) [H. W. Brands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-w-brands/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/h-w-brands-5491_country_the-president-is-the-one-person-who-pote_1642723.jpg) > [Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-grahame-smith/abraham-lincoln-comes-from-nothing-has-no-education-no-money-lives-in/) [Seth Grahame-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-grahame-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/seth-grahame-smith-2321_abraham_abraham-lincoln-comes-from-nothing-has-n_3158047.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president-person/#itemlist", "name": "President Person Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[The President is] the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James A. 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