Faces Quote by James Bovard

The whole framework of the presidency is getting out of hand. It's come to the point where you almost can't run unless you can…

— Hunter S. Thompson

These last few years we've seen an unacceptable abuse of power, having a president whose priority is expanding his own power.

— Trey Gowdy

Every White House I have covered since Reagan, when I got here, power has been more concentrated in the White House than the one…

— David Brooks

Everyday Americans really having the power here. People may remember, or you may have heard if you weren't there during the [Richard] Nixon years,…

— Jill Stein

Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and all of…

— Richard M. Nixon

With the election of Trump, America's soft power has taken a big hit. The United States has moved from a position of leadership in…

— Joseph Stiglitz

This last month has represented an unprecedented degree of action on behalf of the great citizens of our country. Again, I say it. There…

— Donald Trump

[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that office. Democrats…

— Nancy Gibbs

For presidential power to meaningfully expand, it is not enough for a president to simply make a power grab.

— Ross Douthat

America is an enormous country with enormous resources. The basic American spirit creates the Wright Brothers and Henry Ford and Bill Gates and Mark…

— Newt Gingrich

When a republic's most venerable institutions no longer operate as they were intended, it becomes possible for small cabals to usurp power, and, while…

— T. D. Allman

Just the fact that Hilary Clinton won the popular vote by such a large number gives some validation to the impulse to stand firm.…

— Paul Auster