Duty Quote by Lyndon B. Johnson

A president has to provide leadership to gain support.

— Donald Rumsfeld

Based on history, many presidents come into office with lots of plans, and an agenda and things they want to start and an order…

— Martha MacCallum

You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents.

— Dick Cheney

The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities…

— Vicente Fox

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

Being President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there's plenty of people below you but no one's listening.

— William J. Clinton

In addition to the executive responsibility of handling and managing the government, the president has an important voice that sets the tone for much…

— Anthony Scaramucci

A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do…

— Henry Kissinger

Presidents going live from the Oval Office have used that platform to inform the American public, and also to do one of the most…

— Pete Buttigieg

The president is the leader of the nation. The president brings people together, does the deals, does the trades, knocks the heads together. The…

— Mitt Romney

The president has to govern.

— Amy Klobuchar

I think what it is is do not depend on the president to get you over the line. Do not depend on the fundraising,…

— Christopher Michael Cillizza