Ability Quote by Michel de Montaigne

“But the President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace, and the best of his manly…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every man is the artisan of his own fortune.

— Appius Claudius Caecus

He has never wanted to occupy the throne himself; he prefers the back seat - more room to spread out, you see.

— Anonymous

A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.

— William Hazlitt

A president is a high-level official who is elected to carry out a function. He is not a king, not a god. He is…

— Jose Mujica

“Americans tend to prefer their presidents on horseback: heroes who dream big and sound trumpets. There is, however, another kind of leader – quieter…

— Jon Meacham

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory. He who enjoys it wields a power more…

— Winston Churchill

There's a grand tradition of a lot of interesting stuff that happens to these post-presidents. Especially in this day and age where you leave…

— David Mandel

For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue.

— Theodore Parker

The office of the president is meant to confer dignity.

— Neil Macdonald

In England they need a king, in Spain they need a king, in France there is no more king. But they consider the president…

— Gaspar Noe

We don't think well of our presidents when they are serving. Even Kennedy, with such a short presidency, was beginning to lose his remarkable…

— Charlton Heston