Success in past U.S. conflicts has not been strictly the result of military leadership but rather the judgment of the president in choosing generals and setting broad strategy.
As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.
My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness and goodness of America.
A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not related to his office. But the costs of that defense should be borne by him and not the taxpayer.
I applaud anyone who wants to take on the load that comes with being President of the United States. You really have to love your country to place yourself in that position.
I think I would love to have dinner with Gandhi; Jesus Christ; Mother Theresa; Ingrid Newkirk, the president of PETA; and Madonna.
If I'm the president, I will call in all the different political opinions to come together and to make one front to the benefit of Mexico.
I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.
If I become president, France will not continue with the same policies as under Nicolas Sarkozy - both in domestic policy and in foreign and European policy.
My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.
I ask the vice president to stop dodging the issue with legalese, and acknowledge his continued ties with Halliburton to the American people.
You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.
I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man.
I aspire to be the president of all Venezuelans. The message is clear. Venezuelans are fed up with confrontation, with division.
The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is one more liar.
Imagine Texas as a blue state: how hard it would be to carry the presidency or gain control of the Senate.
I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.
I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.
As social secretary, I was responsible for putting together all the events that the President and the First Lady host.
One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.