Certainty Quote by Alexander Hamilton

There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?

— Francois Hollande

A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one. Once he has…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

— Harry S Truman

People elect the President for reasons that have nothing to do with his ability to be president.

— Fran Lebowitz

The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system…

— James P. Hogan

As the select assemblies for choosing the President, as well as the State legislatures who appoint the senators, will in general be composed of…

— John Jay

Elections are rarely perfect.

— Richard Holbrooke

I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president.

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

— Gore Vidal

Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the…

— Anonymous

You now have the potential of 200 people deciding who ends up being elected president every single time

— Barack Obama

Anyone that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the…

— David S. Broder