Being President is like being the groundskeeper in a cemetery: there are a lot of people under you, but none of them are listening.
I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.
The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.
My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.
People vote for whom they believe will be the best president and representative for our country. The First Lady is not on the ballot.
I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine.
I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president.
There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States.
The promise of Social Security was reflected in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inter-generational compact that rewards hard work and provides retirement security.
Nearly one in ten Americans are still out of work. And still, the President and Congress are focused on ramming through their health-care bill, whatever it takes, whatever the cost.
I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor. Most of my colleagues could not.
So a truthful assessment of how America is doing in the war on terror as a result of President Bush's war on Iraq is that we have been set back by decades.
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is the role of Congress to debate and authorize this before the President acts precipitously.
President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right.
The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq.
Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
DENIAL OF EMOTIONS Our culture does not handle emotions well. We like folks to be happy and fine. We learn rituals of acting happy and fine at an early age. I can remember many times telling people "I'm fine" when I felt like the world was caving in ...
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