Presidents Quotes

333 quotes by 261 authors

Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country. — Chinua Achebe
I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into… — Josephine Baker
Letter writing was clearly important to Reagan. Even as president he kept dashing off letters to friends, pen pals, media people, statesmen, critics, and the… — Russell Baker
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. — Henry Adams
Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty to… — Gary Bauer
One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the… — Mortimer Adler
If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country. — Mel Brooks
What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference… — Tony Campolo
Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be… — Tony Campolo
I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism and the injection… — Jimmy Carter
I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the… — Dick Cheney
You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents. — Dick Cheney
I - obviously, I'm not a big fan of President Obama. I think he's been one of our weakest presidents. I just fundamentally disagree with… — Dick Cheney
I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states. — John Henrik Clarke
I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both… — William J. Clinton
Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war. — Robert Higgs
When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie. — Robert Higgs
The Presidents job, is not to wield power himself, but to lead attention away from it. — Douglas Adams
Nobody suffers the pain of birth or the anguish of loving a child in order for presidents to make wars, for governments to feed on… — Lewis H. Lapham
Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately. — Joe Biden

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