Long Quote by Erich Leinsdorf

The job of the president of the United States is to talk to the public, is to explain to them. Now, some presidents talk…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I don't think politics is any longer about a conversation with the country.

— Jon Stewart

I know that presidents often have really bad phone conversations. What they usually don't do is go out and talk about it. That gets…

— James Franklin Jeffrey

No one really speaks for the president other than the president.

— Margaret Brennan

There is a growing sense among Americans outside the Beltway that while President Obama may be a good talker, he is a lousy manager.

— Kathleen Troia McFarland

It is hard for people outside the White House to understand the constant daily problems and issues that come up that require the president's…

— Fred F. Fielding

People don't want to believe they have to speak like Obama or Clinton to participate meaningfully in politics, because most of us don't speak…

— J. D. Vance

Presidents always - not always, but often have bad conversations with counterparts. They just don't go out and embarrass their counterpart by talking about…

— James Franklin Jeffrey

Sometimes it's important to watch what the president does rather than what he says.

— John McCain

On 'Face The Nation,' we can have extended conversations with the president and senators and you need more than just a three minute segment.

— Margaret Brennan

When the President starts talking about something, it makes a difference.

— Charles Schumer

I spent more time talking with this president [Donald Trump] in the last few days, I think, than I probably talked with this last…

— Paul Ryan