Absurd Quote by Stephen Colbert

“When we get presidents with brains it's purely by accident. Who was ever selected for his brains? We choose them for other qualities, or…

— Helen Hooven Santmyer

Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be…

— John George Nicolay

I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president.

— Robert Dallek

“When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief…

— H.L. Mencken

I'm disappointed, depressed, and demoralized. [...] It is very hard to avoid the conclusion that President Bush flinched from a fight on constitutional philosophy.…

— William Kristol

As the select assemblies for choosing the President, as well as the State legislatures who appoint the senators, will in general be composed of…

— John Jay

He has selected from a group of overwhelming candidates. This candidate was nominated to the Supreme Court because of his extremely overwhelming qualifications.

— Rod Parsley

“Anybody who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid…

— Hunter S. Thompson

In choosing a president, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader.

— Rudy Giuliani

Ah, it's too hard to pick a favorite president. It really is. It's like picking your favorite from a box of chocolates - I…

— Mitt Romney

The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot.

— Herman Wouk

The popular choice is not elected as president.

— Lawrence Lessig