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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

As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the 20th century presidents, I have often thought that their accomplishments have…

— Robert Dallek

“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

As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just as we honor athletic…

— Brad Sherman

Barack Obama spent his first day as president-elect putting together his transition team. And if you believe MSNBC, by tomorrow he will have chosen…

— Jay Leno

There certainly is a pattern of administrations that have good transitions, George W. Bush to Barack Obama, and administrations that have really bad transitions,…

— David Brooks

Presidents grow up in the White House. The times shape the man.

— Thomas Friedman

“As we look over the list of the early leaders of the republic, Washington, John Adams, Hamilton, and others, we discern that they were…

— James Truslow Adams

The Obama campaign was smarter, quicker on their feet than the Clinton camp.

— Edward Klein

“The only modern presidents to really succeed in education (in limited ways) were Eisenhower and Johnson; the former, because he had very specific needs…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the…

— Lisa Murkowski

Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once…

— Nancy Gibbs