Determination Quote by Olympia Snowe

To have united the purposes of an entire Nation, is the great historical achievement of the man in whose strong hands our President has…

— Anonymous

From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner,…

— Jon Meacham

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

— Anonymous

America's exceptional nature confers upon us responsibilities. We are not exceptional because we say so; we are exceptional because, over and over, we do…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President…

— Gore Vidal

As we look back over the sweep of American history, it has been the American Presidency that has best fulfilled the vision of the…

— William Barr

Our best presidents have really combined domestic leadership with heroic achievements in foreign affairs or war.

— Allan Lichtman

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

“What we did, what every president since Washington has done, was provide a measured, appropriate response, in direct relation to a realistic threat assessment.”

— Max Brooks

“No one can imagine the kind of pressure being president of the U.S. imposes on an individual and how easily a president can be…

— Ronald Kessler

My opponent misses something important. When we say America is exceptional, it doesn`t mean that people from other places don`t feel deep national pride,…

— Hillary Clinton

“Presidents rise and fall according to how they handle a crisis - an invasion, a depression, a massive oil spill - but there's no…

— Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy