Presidents Quotes · Page 4

Memo to future presidents: Never stake your entire survival on the painful passing of a bad bill. Never take the country down…

— Peggy Noonan

We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don't necessarily make good politicians themselves.

— George Packer

“If we were rational enough to judge what we are fed based on what we are fed, those in the business of…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Presidents generally do what they are good at in their first four years, then spend their second term responding to the agendas…

— Dick Morris

The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the…

— Robert Toombs

“Donald Trump’s economic policies are geared toward enriching White male power—but at the expense of most of his White male followers, along…

— Ibram X. Kendi

There have been presidents with business interests before. But there has never been a fully commercialized global brand as a sitting U.S.…

— Naomi Klein

Some of the presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great…

— Harry S. Truman

As an economist specializing in the global economy, international trade and debt, I have spent most of my career helping others make…

— Noreena Hertz

Three times a year, there's Strategicon convention, and I go for the board games. It happens Presidents Day, Labor Day, and Memorial…

— Rich Sommer

The presidency awed me, but presidents do not. Perhaps I have always expected too much of them, but I believe that when…

— Helen Thomas

“Presidents rise and fall according to how they handle a crisis - an invasion, a depression, a massive oil spill - but…

— Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy

Our relationship with presidents is often like that of a teenager and parent. He's our leader, but sometimes we rail against his…

— Martha MacCallum

I have known several presidents quite well, including my husband, and I worked closely with President George W. Bush and the White…

— Hillary Clinton

Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back…

— Jeff Greenfield

I learned to be far more skeptical of what I'm told by presidents, no matter who the presidents are, and also to…

— Hillary Clinton

Throughout American history, we have elected presidents who had not been honest man. Warren Harding, Richard Nixon, to some extent, Lyndon Johnson…

— Bill O'Reilly

“Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention." [ Shrub Flubs…

— Molly Ivins

I do not believe that the children of presidents or vice-presidents should be assigned to combat zones. They have no place there.

— John Eisenhower

You've had a lot of presidents that haven't take that tack [get along with Russia]. Look where we are now. Look where…

— Donald Trump

In order to get big things done, sometimes, presidents have to be deft at moving the pea around under the shells.

— Charlie Pierce

It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a…

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

In fact, it was the women in our house who were in the saddle. If men are the gods, women are not…

— Pedro Almodovar

“I pray heaven,” Adams wrote, “to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May…

— David McCullough

Do you notice that all presidents have a dog? There is always a First Dog. Or two or three. You have to…

— Robert Fulghum

The man responsible for keeping Americans safe from another terrorist attack on American soil for nearly seven years now will go down…

— Ann Coulter

We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it.

— Eugene McCarthy

In every era going back to Lincoln with Frederick Douglass, presidents talk to those that were leading at that time.

— Al Sharpton

There's never been an entertainer that can take two warring parties and have both presidents stand on the stage and hold hands.

— Rotimi

Today is Presidents' Day. We honor all 44. That works out to slightly less than 33 minutes per president.

— Anonymous

We'd be in his office playing with trucks as a six-year-old while he's negotiating deals with presidents of major companies.

— Donald Trump, Jr

Presidents in the modern era who've had significant assets have usually put those into a blind trust with some kind of independent…

— Rachel Martin

Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.

— Mo Ibrahim

We all learn submission because we all have 'bosses', whether we're presidents of companies or not. The easiest place to learn it…

— Richard Foster

Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over.…

— Nancy Pelosi

As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the 20th century presidents, I have often thought that their…

— Robert Dallek

Forget the historic nature of his election having to do with skin color - Obama has an opportunity offered to few presidents:…

— Chuck Todd

I tend to pair up Benjamin Harrison and Dwight Eisenhower because they're the two presidents I can think of who most preferred…

— Harry S. Truman

I've met presidents, but I've never performed for one. I said it was the first time in 50 years I actually had…

— Dick Van Dyke

Presidents have a right to certain prerogatives, including the expectation of a certain deference. He's the president; this is history. But we…

— Peggy Noonan