America Quote by T. D. Allman

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

Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is…

— Walter Bagehot

As presidential authority expands, and the role of Congress diminishes, the American people continue to lose control over their government. Today's assertions of executive…

— Mickey Edwards

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

“Americans expect the president to right the wrongs that plague us—and we blame him when he fails. Because we invest impossible expectations in the…

— Gene Healy

The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there…

— Simon Bolivar

Every President has a certain amount of things at the end of their Presidency that can't be reversed.

— B-Real

There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is…

— James Bovard

The President's pre-1776 mentality is hurting America and fracturing the foundation on which our country has stood for 230 years. The President can't just…

— Russ Feingold

These last few years we've seen an unacceptable abuse of power, having a president whose priority is expanding his own power.

— Trey Gowdy

Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure.

— Ronald Reagan

The U.S. has become a defacto one-party state, with the legislative branch permanently controlled by an incumbent's party and every president exploiting his role…

— Andrew Bacevich