Day Quote by Steve Schmidt

The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart, because we’ve…

— Barack Obama

Lots of people fantasize about what it would be like if they were president... Most think they'd be decent and wouldn't be corrupted at…

— Kevin Kline

The Constitution created a system of checks and balances designed to prevent the president from becoming a king or a dictator. Our founders had…

— Jessica Tarlov

Our founders thought long and hard about what the office of president should be. George Washington resisted the role, and then defined it.

— Martha MacCallum

I think a lot of presidents learn to be president by being president.

— Dee Dee Myers

But no matter how many times we re-rank the presidents, in another 200 years, the top presidents will still be Washington and Lincoln and…

— Chuck Klosterman

It's a fantasy that we could have a president who could actually make choices based on what's right, rather than having to weigh the…

— Geena Davis

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; Im beginning to believe it.

— Clarence Darrow

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

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.

— Clarence Darrow

Frankly, neither president [Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter] was an inspiring figure; so, maybe their lack of inspiration by the founders shouldn't surprise us.

— Paul Kengor

Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents.

— Paul Kengor