Century Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

For myself the delay [in assuming the office of the President] may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with…

— George Washington

Within the first few months I discovered that being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.…

— Harry S. Truman

It looks to me like any man that wants to be President in times like these lacks something.

— Will Rogers

In their day, no man worthy of the presidency would ever stoop to campaigning for it. George Washington was asked to serve. Decades later,…

— John Dickerson

“But that such an administration could be elected in the first place, headed by a man whose only qualifications to be President of the…

— Thomas Sowell

The more I move among workers and factories and other plants, the stronger I become convinced that it is advisable to have as [a…

— B. C. Forbes

Ronald Reagan?wasn't without leadership ability, but he lacked most of the management skills that a President needs. But let me give him his due:…

— Tip O'Neill

The man of large and conspicuous public service in civil life must be content without the Presidency. Still more, the availability of a popular…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in…

— Mark McKinnon

A lot of effort and money are - rightly - expended keeping the president physically safe. But it's up to the president to maintain…

— Arianna Huffington

It is uncomfortable in the extreme for people, and particularly for members of the press, to confront the notion that a president could be…

— Joy Reid

No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and…

— Joseph Story