Administration Quote by Donald Trump

Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.

— George Papandreou

To be honest I inherited a mess. It's a mess. At home and abroad, a mess.

— Donald Trump

Well, Mr Obama inherited probably the biggest inventory of problems, certainly foreign policy problems, than any American president ever has. I think the entire…

— Chuck Hagel

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.

— Andrew Cuomo

So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.

— Vince Cable

Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.

— Tony Blair

When my husband was president, we went from a $300 billion deficit to a $200 billion surplus and we were actually on the path…

— Hillary Clinton

When you inherit the level of economic catastrophe that President Obama inherited, it was a real touch-and-go situation.

— Hillary Clinton

I have made 'start, grow and stay' a big part of my administration.

— Ed Lee

I got elected to run the government more efficiently, lower taxes.

— Phil Roe

It's hard to know what you can do just on your own as a new administration.

— Jonathan Gruber

I think it would take a real stretch to think that I caused the problems with the economy.

— Harry Reid