20th century Quote by Peggy Noonan

I ended up being the 43rd president of the United States. It was an awesome experience, and I'm glad I did it.

— George W. Bush

If someone tells you that George Bush is not the 43rd president of the United States, they might be engaged in wishful thinking, or…

— Errol Morris

Mr. President, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land. On government land, your…

— Mitt Romney

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the president is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and…

— William Howard Taft

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions…

— William Howard Taft

Beating an incumbent president isn't easy. The majority do win reelection when they run.

— Harry Enten

Anytime you have a reelection campaign against an incumbent president and you're the party out of power - on the one hand it's wide…

— Bob McDonnell

“Obama won, but he had few illusions that he had vanquished big money. “I’m an incumbent president who already had this huge network of…

— Jane Mayer

In 1996, President Clinton put together a detailed agenda called 'A Bridge to the 21st Century' that told voters why, in his words, 'rehire…

— Al From

Romney has to convince the American public that they need to do something they're not usually inclined to do - replace a sitting president…

— Anonymous

I think that many citizens understand how our system works, or rather, fails to work, for structural reasons. But who has the capacity and…

— Thomas Pogge

One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The President? Hmmm, I wonder who that might be? Could it be, perhaps, the sitting two-term incumbent of the same party holding its convention?…

— James Fallows

In any case, open-seat presidential elections like 2008 just are different in character from incumbent reelects, and I think that's the most important thing…

— William Kristol

As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an incumbent Democratic…

— Bernie Sanders