Oil spill Quote by Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Whenever I look at the history of presidents I deeply admire - the one thing that I'm always struck by is persistence. It's a…

— Barack Obama

Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.

— Anonymous

“Americans expect the president to right the wrongs that plague us—and we blame him when he fails. Because we invest impossible expectations in the…

— Gene Healy

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic, chiefly as an almost insane excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards.

— Henry Adams

We have had good and bad Presidents, and it is a consoling reflection that the American Nation possesses such elements of prosperity that the…

— Henry Clay

When you look at the development of the American presidency, you see that the presidents who have had the greatest impact are the ones…

— H. W. Brands

Presidents don't have a whole lot to say about prosperity or the economy. Government cannot create prosperity. There are a lot of other factors…

— Phyllis Schlafly

Within the first few months I discovered that being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.…

— Harry S. Truman

“The President was trapped – and with nearly every president, it had come about from his own words. Presidential promises and statements… The people…

— Tom Clancy

The great presidents never forget the principle of the republic and seek to preserve and enhance them – in the long run– without undermining…

— George Friedman

“Presidents could be fickle and arbitrary. Each new one with wildly different visions and priorities. And when all was said and done, they were…

— Douglas E. Richards