Authority Quote by Benjamin Wittes

The presidency is not merely an administrative office...It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

People should make distinctions between the office of the presidency and the person who occupies it. You can respect the office even as you…

— David Greenberg

Sometimes you have positional authority, and that is very hopeful. But the reality of it is the nation responds to moral authority, when we…

— Tim Scott

From 4 to 6 percent of the presidential office is not in administration but in morals, politics, and spiritual leadership . He has to…

— William Allen White

The Presidency is not merely an administrative office. Thats the least of it. It is more than an engineering job, efficient or inefficient. It…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I believe leaders should have real clarity about why they're in office and what they want to do with the power they hold.

— Laphonza Butler

I do think the president's best role is usually as the sort of initiator.

— Tim Kaine

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

— Helen Thomas

What's funny about that office is it's entirely dependent on how close you are to the president, because the president decides what your role…

— Armando Iannucci

I think different presidents have different ways of governing. We just have to respect that.

— Bill Cassidy

The president of the United States, whoever it is, deserves a certain level of reverence and respect just because of the office he holds.

— Chris Matthews

The office of President is a great one; to every true American it seems the greatest on earth. And to me, as I was…

— John Philip Sousa